Jeremiah 9:22

Tree of Life Version

Thus says Adonai: “Let not the wise boast in his wisdom nor the mighty boast in his might nor the rich glory in his riches.

Cross References

2 Kings 20:13

Now Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them his entire treasure house—the silver and the gold, the spices and the precious oil—and his armory, and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

2 Kings 20:15

Then he asked, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah said, “They have seen everything in my house. There is nothing of my treasuries that I didn’t show them.”

2 Kings 9:37

and the carcass of Jezebel will be as dung upon the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so that they will not say, “This was Jezebel.”’”

Job 5:13

Who catches the clever in their craftiness, and thwarts the plan of the cunning.

Psalm 49:7

Or those trusting in their wealth, boasting about their great riches?

Psalm 83:10

Do to them as You did to Midian, to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River,

Proverbs 18:11

A rich person’s wealth is a strong city or like a high wall—in his imagination.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not wear yourself out to get rich. Be wise enough to restrain yourself.

Isaiah 5:25

Therefore Adonai’s anger is kindled against His people. When He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them, the hills trembled, and their carcasses were like refuse in the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, yet His hand is still outstretched.

Jeremiah 16:4

They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be lamented or buried, but will be like dung on the surface of the ground. They will be consumed by the sword and famine, and their carcasses will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 25:33

Those slain by Adonai on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth. They will not be lamented, gathered, or buried; they will be dung on the surface of the ground.”

Jeremiah 6:21

Therefore thus says Adonai: “Look, I am laying before this people stumbling blocks— and against them they will stumble— fathers and the sons together, a neighbor and his friend, and they will perish.”

Jeremiah 7:33

The carcasses of this people will be food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth, and no one will frighten them away.

Jeremiah 8:2

They will spread them out to the sun, the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, and after which they have walked and sought, and which they have worshipped. They will not be gathered or buried, but will be like dung on the face of the ground.

Habakkuk 1:11

Then a wind sweeps through and passes on. He is guilty— This, his strength, is his god.”

Zephaniah 1:17

I will bring such distress upon mankind that they will walk like the blind— for they have sinned against Adonai. Their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.

Deuteronomy 8:17

You may say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand has made me this wealth.’