Jeremiah 17:11 - Tree of Life Version

¹¹ As a partridge that broods over young that she did not lay, so is one who gets wealth, unjustly. In the middle of his days it will abandon him, so at his end he will be a fool.

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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."

Jeremiah 17:11 Tagairtí Cros

Job 20:21

Nothing remains for him to devour; therefore his prosperity will not last.

Psalm 49:13

But the pompous man will not endure— he is like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 55:23

Cast your burden on Adonai, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gained by fraud dwindles, but he who gathers by labor increases it.

Proverbs 15:27

One greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

Proverbs 21:6

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is like a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

Proverbs 23:5

When you cast your eyes 0n riches, it is gone; for it surely sprouts wings and flies off into the sky like an eagle.

Proverbs 28:16

An oppressive leader lacks judgment. One who hates unjust gain will prolong his life.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man will have many blessings, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22

A stingy man chases after riches, but does not know that poverty will overtake him.

Proverbs 28:8

Whoever increases his wealth by exorbitant interest, gathers it for one kinder to the poor.

Jeremiah 22:13

Oy to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his roof-chambers by injustice, that makes his neighbor work without pay, never giving him his wages,

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and your heart are only on your unjust gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and committing extortion and fraud.”

Jeremiah 6:13

“For from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for gain, and from prophet even to kohen, everyone practices deceit.

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to new owners. For from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for gain. From the prophet even to the kohen everyone practices deceit.

Amos 3:10

They do not know how to be honest, —declares Adonai— those who are saving up violence and destruction in their citadels.

Micah 2:9

The wives of My people you cast out from their exquisite houses. From her young children you take away My splendor, forever.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are diligent at doing evil. The official and the judge ask for a bribe. The distinguished man utters a desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.

Zephaniah 1:9

In that day I will punish all who skip over the threshold while filling their master’s House with violence and deceit.

Zechariah 5:4

“I will send it out”—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot—“and it will enter into the house of the thief and into the house of the one who swears falsely by My Name and will reside inside his house destroying it, both its wood and its stones.”

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers those who extort a worker’s wage, or oppress the widow or an orphan, those who mislead a stranger. They do not fear Me,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not enter yourselves, nor do you let those enter who are trying to go in.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! Tonight your soul is being demanded back from you! And what you have prepared, whose will that be?’

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.

Titus 1:11

They must be silenced—those who upset entire households by teaching what they should not, for the sake of dishonest gain.

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes full of adultery that never stop sinning, enticing unstable souls. They have hearts trained in greed—a cursed brood!

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.