Habakkuk 2:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Indeed wealth is treacherous; a proud man does not succeed. He who opens wide his throat like Sheol, and is insatiable as death, Who gathers to himself all the nations, and collects for himself all the peoples—

Cross References

2 Kings 14:10

You have indeed struck down Edom, and your heart is lifted up; enjoy your glory, but stay home! Why bring misfortune and failure on yourself and on Judah with you?”

Psalm 138:6

The Lord is on high, but cares for the lowly and knows the proud from afar.

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is arrogant, strong drink is riotous; none who are intoxicated by them are wise.

Proverbs 21:24

Proud, boastful—scoffer is the name: those who act with overbearing pride.

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon can never be satisfied; so the eyes of mortals can never be satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

Where there are great riches, there are also many to devour them. Of what use are they to the owner except as a feast for the eyes alone?

Isaiah 14:6

That struck the peoples in wrath with relentless blows; That ruled the nations in anger, with boundless persecution.

Isaiah 16:6

We have heard of the pride of Moab, how very proud he is, Of his haughtiness, pride, and arrogance that his empty words do not match.

Isaiah 2:17

Then human pride shall be abased, the arrogance of mortals brought low, And the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

Isaiah 21:5

They set the table, spread out the rugs; they eat, they drink. Rise up, O princes, oil the shield!

Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens its mouth beyond measure; Down into it go nobility and masses, tumult and revelry.

Isaiah 5:8

Ah! Those who join house to house, who connect field with field, Until no space remains, and you alone dwell in the midst of the land!

Jeremiah 25:9

I am about to send for and fetch all the tribes from the north—oracle of the Lord—and I will send for Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, my servant; I will bring them against this land, its inhabitants, and all these neighboring nations. I will doom them, making them an object of horror, of hissing, of everlasting reproach.

Jeremiah 50:29

Call archers out against Babylon, all who bend the bow; Encamp around them; let no one escape. Repay them for their deeds; what they have done, do to them, For they insulted the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:39

When they are parched, I will set drink before them to make them drunk, that they may be overcome with everlasting sleep, never to awaken— oracle of the Lord.

Habakkuk 1:15

He brings them all up with a hook, and hauls them away with his net; He gathers them in his fishing net, and then rejoices and exults.

Habakkuk 1:17

Shall they, then, keep on drawing his sword to slaughter nations without mercy?

Habakkuk 2:4

See, the rash have no integrity; but the just one who is righteous because of faith shall live.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to aspire to live a tranquil life, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your [own] hands, as we instructed you,

James 4:6

But he bestows a greater grace; therefore, it says: “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”