Jeremiah 17:11 - Y'all Version Bible

¹¹ As the partridge that sits on eggs that she has not laid, so is the one who gets riches by unjust means. In the middle of their days, it will forsake them. At the end, they will be fools.

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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

There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.

Psalm 49:13

This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

Psalm 55:23

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. The bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

Proverbs 15:27

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

Proverbs 21:6

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

Proverbs 23:5

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Proverbs 28:16

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful person is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22

A person with an evil eye hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for them.

Proverbs 28:8

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

Jeremiah 22:13

“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”

Jeremiah 6:13

“For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness. 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 possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

Amos 3:10

“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says YHWH, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”

Micah 2:9

Y’all are forcing the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.

Micah 7:3

Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

Zephaniah 1:9

In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

Zechariah 5:4

I will cause it to go out,” says YHWH Almighty, “and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the middle of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.”

Malachi 3:5

I will come near to y’all for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers, and those who exploit laborers, widows, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says YHWH Almighty.

Matthew 23:13

“Woe to y’all, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Y’all keep shutting humans out of the Empire of Heaven. For y’all do not enter it, but neither to do allow others to enter.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you. But who will get the things that you prepared for yourself?’

1 Timothy 6:9

Those who are determined to get rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful desires that drown humans into ruin and destruction.

Titus 1:11

It is necessary to shut their mouths because they are disrupting entire households by teaching things they shouldn’t for dishonest gain.

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes full of adultery and never-ending sin, seducing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed—accursed children!

2 Peter 2:3

In greed, they will exploit y’all with deceptive words. Their judgement from of old is not idle, and their destruction is not sleeping.