Jeremiah 17:11

New International Reader's Version

Some people get rich by doing sinful things. They are like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay. When their lives are half over, their riches will desert them. In the end they will prove how foolish they have been.

Cross References

Job 20:21

There isn’t anything left for them to eat up. Their success won’t last.

Psalm 49:13

That’s what happens to those who trust in themselves. It also happens to their followers, who agree with what they say.

Psalm 55:23

God, you will bring sinners down to the grave. Murderers and liars won’t live out even half of their lives. But I trust in you.

Proverbs 13:11

Money gained in the wrong way disappears. But money gathered little by little grows.

Proverbs 15:27

Those who always want more bring ruin to their households. But a person who refuses to be paid to lie will live.

Proverbs 21:6

A fortune made by people who tell lies amounts to nothing and leads to death.

Proverbs 23:5

When you take even a quick look at riches, they are gone. They grow wings and fly away into the sky like an eagle.

Proverbs 28:16

A ruler who is mean to his people takes money from them by force. But one who hates money gained in the wrong way will rule a long time.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful person will be richly blessed. But anyone who wants to get rich will be punished.

Proverbs 28:22

Those who won’t share what they have want to get rich. They don’t know they are going to be poor.

Proverbs 28:8

Someone might get rich by taking interest or profit from poor people. But that person only piles up wealth for someone who will be kind to poor people.

Jeremiah 22:13

The Lord says, “How terrible it will be for King Jehoiakim! He builds his palace by mistreating his people. He builds its upstairs rooms with money gained by sinning. He makes his own people work for nothing. He does not pay them for what they do.

Jeremiah 22:17

“Jehoiakim, the only thing on your mind is to get rich by cheating others. You would even kill people who are not guilty of doing anything wrong. You would mistreat them. You would take everything they own.”

Jeremiah 6:13

Everyone wants to get richer and richer, from the least important of them to the most important. Prophets and priests alike try to fool everyone they can.

Jeremiah 8:10

I will give their wives to other men. I will give their fields to new owners. Everyone wants to get richer and richer. Everyone is greedy, from the least important to the most important. Prophets and priests alike try to fool everyone they can.

Amos 3:10

“They do not know how to do what is right,” announces the Lord. “They store up stolen goods in their forts.”

Micah 2:9

You drive the women among my people out of their pleasant homes. You take away my blessing from their children forever.

Micah 7:3

They are very good at doing what is evil. Rulers require gifts. Judges accept money from people who want special favors. Those who are powerful always get what they want. All of them make evil plans together.

Zephaniah 1:9

At that time I will punish all those who worship other gods. They fill the temples of their gods with lies and other harmful things.

Zechariah 5:4

The Lord who rules over all announces, ‘I will send the curse out. It will enter the house of the thief. It will also enter the house of anyone who lies when making a promise in my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely. It will pull down its beams and stones.’ ”

Malachi 3:5

“So I will come and put you on trial. I will be quick to bring charges against all of you,” says the Lord who rules over all. “I will bring charges against you sinful people who do not have any respect for me. That includes those who practice evil magic. It includes those who commit adultery and those who tell lies in court. It includes those who cheat workers out of their pay. It includes those who treat widows badly. It also includes those who mistreat children whose fathers have died. And it includes those who take away the rights of outsiders in the courts.

Matthew 23:13

“How terrible it will be for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You pretenders! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter. And you will not let those enter who are trying to.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Tonight I will take your life away from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

1 Timothy 6:9

People who want to get rich are tempted. They fall into a trap. They are tripped up by wanting many foolish and harmful things. Those who live like that are dragged down by what they do. They are destroyed and die.

Titus 1:11

They must be stopped. They are making trouble for entire families. They do this by teaching things they shouldn’t. They do these things to cheat people.

2 Peter 2:14

They stare at women who are not their wives. They want to sleep with them. They never stop sinning. They trap those who are not firm in their faith. They have mastered the art of getting what they want. God has placed them under his judgment.

2 Peter 2:3

These teachers are never satisfied. They want to get something out of you. So they make up stories to take advantage of you. They have been under a sentence of death for a long time. The God who will destroy them has not been sleeping.