Deuteronomy 8:17

English Standard Version 2016

Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’

Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:4

“Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, ‘It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,’ whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?

Daniel 4:30

and the king answered and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

Hosea 12:8

Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich; I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”

Deuteronomy 7:17

“If you say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I. How can I dispossess them?’

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore he sacrifices to his net and makes offerings to his dragnet; for by them he lives in luxury, and his food is rich.

Judges 7:2

The Lord said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel boast over me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.

Psalm 44:3

for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.

1 Samuel 30:23

But David said, “You shall not do so, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has preserved us and given into our hand the band that came against us.

Job 31:25

if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much,

Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Jeremiah 9:22

Speak: “Thus declares the Lord, ‘The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves after the reaper, and none shall gather them.’”

Ezekiel 28:5

by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth—

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”