Ezekiel 28:4
New King James Version
4 With your wisdom and your understanding
You have gained (A)riches for yourself,
And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
Proverbs 23:4-5
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4 (A)Do not overwork to be rich;
(B)Because of your own understanding, cease!
5 [a]Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:5 Lit. Will you cause your eyes to fly upon it and it is not?
Proverbs 18:11
New King James Version
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own esteem.
Deuteronomy 8:17-18
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17 then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’
18 “And you shall remember the Lord your God, (A)for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, (B)that He may [a]establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
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- Deuteronomy 8:18 confirm
Zechariah 9:2-4
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2 Also against (A)Hamath, which borders on it,
And against (B)Tyre and (C)Sidon, though they are very (D)wise.
3 For Tyre built herself a tower,
Heaped up silver like the dust,
And gold like the mire of the streets.
4 Behold, (E)the Lord will cast her out;
He will destroy (F)her power in the sea,
And she will be devoured by fire.
Habakkuk 1:16
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16 Therefore (A)they sacrifice to their net,
And burn incense to their dragnet;
Because by them their share is [a]sumptuous
And their food plentiful.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:16 Lit. fat
Ezekiel 29:3
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3 Speak, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
(A)“Behold, I am against you,
O Pharaoh king of Egypt,
O great (B)monster who lies in the midst of his rivers,
(C)Who has said, ‘My [a]River is my own;
I have made it for myself.’
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 29:3 The Nile
Ecclesiastes 9:11
New King James Version
11 I returned (A)and saw under the sun that—
The race is not to the swift,
Nor the battle to the strong,
Nor bread to the wise,
Nor riches to men of understanding,
Nor favor to men of skill;
But time and (B)chance happen to them all.
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