Deuteronomy 8:17

The Scriptures 1998

you then shall say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand have made for me this wealth!’

Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:4

“Do not think in your heart, after יהוה  your Elohim has driven them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my righteousness יהוה  has brought me in to possess this land.’ But it is because of the wrong of these nations that יהוה  is driving them out from before you.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who makes you to differ? And what do you have that you did not receive? And if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

Daniel 4:30

The sovereign spoke and said, “Is not this great Baḇ

Hosea 12:8

And Ephrayim says, “Indeed, I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself. In all my labours they shall find in me no crookedness that is sin.”

Deuteronomy 7:17

“When you say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I, I am unable to drive them out,’

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore he offers to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, for by them is his portion fat and his food is rich.

Judges 7:2

And יהוה  said to Giḏ

1 Samuel 2:7

“יהוה  makes poor and makes rich, He brings low and lifts up.

Psalm 44:3

For not by their own sword did they possess the land, Neither did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand and Your arm, And the light of Your face, Because You delighted in them.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty, nor even bread to the wise, nor even riches to men of understanding, nor even favour to men of knowledge – for time and chance meets with them all.

1 Samuel 30:23

But Dawiḏ

Job 31:25

if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gained much;

Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

Jeremiah 9:22

Speak, “Thus declares יהוה, ‘The corpses of men shall fall as dung on the face of the field, like cuttings after the reaper, with none to gather them.’ ”

Ezekiel 28:5

“By your great wisdom, by your trade you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches.”

Daniel 4:27

“Therefore, O sovereign, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your crookednesses by showing favour to the poor – your prosperity might be extended.”