Deuteronomy 8:17

New Century Version

You might say to yourself, “I am rich because of my own power and strength,”

Cross References

Job 31:25

I have not celebrated my great wealth or the riches my hands had gained.

Psalm 44:3

It wasn’t their swords that took the land. It wasn’t their power that gave them victory. But it was your great power and strength. You were with them because you loved them.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

There is a time to look for something and a time to stop looking for it. There is a time to keep things and a time to throw things away.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I also saw something else here on earth: The fastest runner does not always win the race, the strongest soldier does not always win the battle, the wisest does not always have food, the smartest does not always become wealthy, and the talented one does not always receive praise. Time and chance happen to everyone.

Jeremiah 9:22

Say, “This is what the Lord says: ‘The dead bodies of people will lie in the open field like dung. They will lie like grain a farmer has cut, but there will be no one to gather them.’ ”

Ezekiel 28:5

Through your great skill in trading, you have made your riches grow. You are too proud because of your riches.

Daniel 4:27

So, O king, please accept my advice. Stop sinning and do what is right. Stop doing wicked things and be kind to the poor. Then you might continue to be successful.”

Daniel 4:30

he said, “I have built this great Babylon as my royal home. I built it by my power to show my glory and my majesty.”

Hosea 12:8

Israel said, “I am rich! I am someone with power!” All their money will do them no good because of the sins they have done.

Habakkuk 1:16

The enemy offers sacrifices to his net and burns incense to worship it, because it lets him live like the rich and enjoy the best food.

1 Corinthians 4:7

Who says you are better than others? What do you have that was not given to you? And if it was given to you, why do you brag as if you did not receive it as a gift?

Deuteronomy 7:17

You might say to yourselves, “Because these nations are stronger than we are, we can’t force them out.”

Deuteronomy 9:4

After the Lord your God has forced those nations out ahead of you, don’t say to yourself, “The Lord brought me here to take this land because I am so good.” No! It is because these nations are evil that the Lord will force them out ahead of you.

Judges 7:2

Then the Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men to defeat the Midianites. I don’t want the Israelites to brag that they saved themselves.

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord makes some people poor, and others he makes rich. He makes some people humble, and others he makes great.

1 Samuel 30:23

David answered, “No, my brothers. Don’t do that after what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and given us the enemy who attacked us.