Habakkuk 1:11

New American Bible - revised edition

Then they sweep through like the wind and vanish— they make their own strength their god!

Cross References

Job 12:6

Yet the tents of robbers are prosperous, and those who provoke God are secure, whom God has in his power.

Isaiah 10:13

For he says: “By my own power I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am shrewd. I have moved the boundaries of peoples, their treasures I have pillaged, and, like a mighty one, I have brought down the enthroned.

Jeremiah 2:3

Israel was dedicated to the Lord, the first fruits of his harvest; All who ate of it were held guilty, evil befell them—oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:22

Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise boast of his wisdom, nor the strong boast of his strength, nor the rich man boast of his riches;

Daniel 4:27

the king said, “Babylon the great! Was it not I, with my great strength, who built it as a royal residence for my splendor and majesty?”

Daniel 5:20

But when his heart became proud and his spirit hardened by insolence, he was put down from his royal throne and deprived of his glory;

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore he makes sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his fishing net; For thanks to them his portion is rich, and his meal lavish.