Jeremiah 48:14

New American Bible - revised edition

How can you say, “We are heroes, mighty warriors”?

Cross References

Psalm 11:1

For the leader. Of David. In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountains!

Psalm 33:16

A king is not saved by a great army, nor a warrior delivered by great strength.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw under the sun that the race is not won by the swift, nor the battle by the valiant, nor a livelihood by the wise, nor riches by the shrewd, nor favor by the experts; for a time of misfortune comes to all alike.

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.

Isaiah 10:16

Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will send leanness among his fat ones, And under his glory there will be a kindling like the kindling of fire.

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.

Jeremiah 49:16

The terror you spread, the pride of your heart, beguiled you. You denizens of rocks and crevices, occupying towering peaks: Though you build your nest high as the eagle, from there I will bring you down—oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:8

How can you say, “We are wise, we have the law of the Lord”? See, that has been changed into falsehood by the lying pen of the scribes!

Jeremiah 9:23

But rather, let those who boast, boast of this, that in their prudence they know me, Know that I, the Lord, act with fidelity, justice, and integrity on earth. How I take delight in these—oracle of the Lord. False Circumcision.

Ezekiel 30:6

Thus says the Lord: The pillars of Egypt shall fall, and its proud strength sink; From Migdol to Syene, its people will fall by the sword— oracle of the Lord God.

Zephaniah 2:10

This will be the recompense for their pride, because they taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts.