Jeremiah 17:11

New King James Version

“As a partridge that broods but does not hatch, So is he who gets riches, but not by right; It will leave him in the midst of his days, And at his end he will be a fool.”

Cross References

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 21:6

Getting treasures by a lying tongue Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.

Jeremiah 22:17

“Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness, For shedding innocent blood, And practicing oppression and violence.”

Jeremiah 22:13

“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness And his chambers by injustice, Who uses his neighbor’s service without wages And gives him nothing for his work,

Proverbs 28:8

One who increases his possessions by usury and extortion Gathers it for him who will pity the poor.

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.

2 Peter 2:14

having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children.

Titus 1:11

whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.

Zephaniah 1:9

In the same day I will punish All those who leap over the threshold, Who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

Proverbs 28:22

A man with an evil eye hastens after riches, And does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, But he who gathers by labor will increase.

Psalm 55:23

But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in You.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’

2 Peter 2:3

By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien— Because they do not fear Me,” Says the Lord of hosts.

Zechariah 5:4

“I will send out the curse,” says the Lord of hosts; “It shall enter the house of the thief And the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It shall remain in the midst of his house And consume it, with its timber and stones.”

Micah 7:3

That they may successfully do evil with both hands— The prince asks for gifts, The judge seeks a bribe, And the great man utters his evil desire; So they scheme together.

Micah 2:9

The women of My people you cast out From their pleasant houses; From their children You have taken away My glory forever.

Amos 3:10

For they do not know to do right,’ Says the Lord, ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”

Proverbs 28:16

A ruler who lacks understanding is a great oppressor, But he who hates covetousness will prolong his days.

Proverbs 23:5

Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.

Psalm 49:13

This is the way of those who are foolish, And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah

Jeremiah 6:13

“Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is given to covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to others, And their fields to those who will inherit them; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is given to covetousness; From the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely.

Job 20:21

Nothing is left for him to eat; Therefore his well-being will not last.