Jeremiah 9:23

New Century Version

This is what the Lord says: “The wise must not brag about their wisdom. The strong must not brag about their strength. The rich must not brag about their money.

Cross References

Job 32:13

Don’t say, ‘We have found wisdom; only God will show Job to be wrong, not people.’

Job 41:15

It has rows of shields on its back that are tightly sealed together.

Psalm 33:5

He loves what is right and fair; the Lord’s love fills the earth.

Psalm 34:3

Glorify the Lord with me, and let us praise his name together.

Psalm 44:9

But you have rejected us and shamed us. You don’t march with our armies anymore.

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in force. Stealing is of no use. Even if you gain more riches, don’t put your trust in them.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches will not help when it’s time to die, but right living will save you from death.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, understanding, or advice that can succeed against the Lord.

Proverbs 3:5

Trust the Lord with all your heart, and don’t depend on your own understanding.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

Someone else will control everything for which I worked so hard here on earth, and I don’t know if he will be wise or foolish. This is also useless.

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.

Isaiah 10:8

The king of Assyria says to himself, ‘All of my commanders are like kings.

Isaiah 20:5

People who looked to Cush for help will be afraid, and those who were amazed by Egypt’s glory will be shamed.

Isaiah 47:10

You do evil things, but you feel safe and say, ‘No one sees what I do.’ Your wisdom and knowledge have fooled you. You say to yourself, ‘I am God, and no one is equal to me.’

Isaiah 5:21

How terrible it will be for people who think they are wise and believe they are clever.

Jeremiah 31:34

People will no longer have to teach their neighbors and relatives to know the Lord, because all people will know me, from the least to the most important,” says the Lord. “I will forgive them for the wicked things they did, and I will not remember their sins anymore.”

Jeremiah 48:14

“You cannot say, ‘We are warriors! We are brave men in battle!’

Jeremiah 48:7

You trust in the things you do and in your wealth, so you also will be captured. The god Chemosh will go into captivity and his priests and officers with him.

Jeremiah 49:4

You brag about your valleys and about the fruit in your valleys. You are like an unfaithful child who believes his treasures will save him. You think, ‘Who would attack me?’

Ezekiel 29:9

Egypt will become an empty desert. Then they will know that I am the Lord. “ ‘Because you said, “The Nile River is mine, and I have made it,”

Ezekiel 7:19

The people will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be like trash. Their silver and gold will not save them from the Lord’s anger. It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, because it caused them to fall into sin.

Daniel 3:15

In a moment you will again hear the sound of the horns, flutes, lyres, zithers, harps, pipes, and all the other musical instruments. If you bow down and worship the statue I made, that will be good. But if you do not worship it, you will immediately be thrown into the blazing furnace. What god will be able to save you from my power then?”

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give praise and honor and glory to the King of heaven. Everything he does is right and fair, and he is able to make proud people humble.

Micah 6:8

The Lord has told you, human, what is good; he has told you what he wants from you: to do what is right to other people, love being kind to others, and live humbly, obeying your God.

Zephaniah 1:18

On the day that God will show his anger, neither their silver nor gold will save them. The Lord’s anger will be like a fire that will burn up the whole world; suddenly he will bring an end, yes, an end to everyone on earth.”

Mark 10:24

The followers were amazed at what Jesus said. But he said again, “My children, it is very hard to enter the kingdom of God!

Romans 1:22

They said they were wise, but they became fools.

1 Corinthians 1:31

So, as the Scripture says, “If people want to brag, they should brag only about the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 8:17

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

Philippians 3:10

I want to know Christ and the power that raised him from the dead. I want to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death.

Philippians 3:8

Not only those things, but I think that all things are worth nothing compared with the greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him, I have lost all those things, and now I know they are worthless trash. This allows me to have Christ

1 Timothy 6:10

The love of money causes all kinds of evil. Some people have left the faith, because they wanted to get more money, but they have caused themselves much sorrow.

1 Samuel 17:42

When Goliath looked at David and saw that he was only a boy, tanned and handsome, he looked down on David with disgust.