Jeremiah 17:11 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

¹¹ The partridge brooded and she brought not forth; to make riches and not in judgment, he shall leave them in the half of his days, and in his latter part he shall be foolish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Like the partridge that gathers a brood which she did not hatch and sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches by unjust means and not by right. He will leave them, or they will leave him, in the midst of his days, and at his end he will be a fool.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Like a partridge gathering a brood that is not its own, so are those who acquire their wealth corruptly. By midlife it will be gone; afterward they will look like fools.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ A partridge has hatched eggs that she did not lay; a man has gathered riches, but without judgment. In the midst of his days, he will leave it all behind, and he will be foolish concerning his very end."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days he shall leave them: and in his latter end he shall be a fool.

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Job 20:21

Nothing was left to his food; for this his good shall not be stable.

Psalm 49:13

This their way folly to them: and those after them will delight in their mouth. Silence.

Psalm 55:23

And thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the well of destruction: men of bloods and deceit shall not halve their days; and I will trust in thee.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth from vanity shall be diminished: and he gathering with the hand, shall increase.

Proverbs 15:27

He plundering plunder troubled his house; and he hating gifts shall live.

Proverbs 21:6

The making treasures by the tongue of falsehood is vanity scattered from those seeking death.

Proverbs 23:5

Wilt thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it and it is not? for making, it will make to it wings; as an eagle and it flew to the heavens.

Proverbs 28:16

A prince wanting understanding and great in oppressions: he hating gain shall lengthen the days.

Proverbs 28:20

A man of faithfulness multiplied blessings: and he hesting to be rich shall not be innocent

Proverbs 28:22

A man of evil eye hasted for riches, and knew not that want shall come upon him.

Proverbs 28:8

He increasing by interest and usury, he shall gather it for him compassionating the poor.

Jeremiah 22:13

Wo to him building his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment; by his neighbor he will work gratuitously, and he will give him not for his work;

Jeremiah 22:17

For thine eyes and thy heart not but for thy plunder and for guiltless blood to pour out, and for oppression and for running, to do.

Jeremiah 6:13

For from their little even to their great, every one plundering, plundered; and from the prophet and even to the priest every one did falsehood.

Jeremiah 8:10

For this I will give their wives to others; their fields to those inheriting them: for from small and even to great all plundering a plunder, from the prophet and even to the priest, all did falsehood.

Amos 3:10

And they knew not to do the straight, says Jehovah, storing up violence and oppression in their palaces.

Micah 2:9

The women of my people ye will thrust out from the house of her delights; from her children ye will take my majesty forever.

Micah 7:3

For doing evil with the hands to do well, the chief asking, and the judge, for peace; and the great one, he spake the mischief of his soul: and they will entangle it

Zephaniah 1:9

And I reviewed upon every one leaping upon the threshold in that day, filling their lords' houses with violence and deceit

Zechariah 5:4

I brought it forth, says Jehovah of armies, and it came into the house of the thief, and into the house of him swearing for falsehood in my name: and it lodged in the midst of his house, and it finished it and its wood and its stones.

Malachi 3:5

And I came near to you for judgment: and I was a swift witness against those practicing magic, and against those committing adultery, and against those swearing to falsehood, and against those oppressing the hire of the hireling, the widow and the orphan, and those turning aside the stranger, and they feared not me, said Jehovah of armies.

Matthew 23:13

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye lock up the kingdom of the heavens before men: for ye come not in yourselves, neither those coming in, permit ye to come in.

Luke 12:20

And God said to him, O foolish one, this night they require thy soul from thee: and what thou hast prepared, to whom shall it be?

1 Timothy 6:9

And they wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many eager desires, unwise and hurtful, which sink men into ruin and perdition.

Titus 1:11

Who must be restrained, who subvert whole houses, teaching what they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain.

2 Peter 2:14

Having eyes full of an adulteress, not ceasing from sin; decoying unstable souls: having a heart exercised with covetousness; children of a curse:

2 Peter 2:3

And by covetousness with feigned words shall trade in you: to whom judgment since a long while is not inactive, and their perdition sleeps not.