Ezekiel 28:5
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5 by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and (A)your heart has become proud in your wealth—
Psalm 62:10
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10 Put no trust in extortion;
(A)set no vain hopes on robbery;
(B)if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
Psalm 52:7
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7 “See the man who would not make
God his refuge,
but (A)trusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!”[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 52:7 Or in his work of destruction
Hosea 13:6
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6 (A)but when they had grazed,[a] they became full,
(B)they were filled, and their heart was lifted up;
(C)therefore they forgot me.
Footnotes
- Hosea 13:6 Hebrew according to their pasture
Ezekiel 28:2
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2 (A)“Son of man, say to (B)the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:
(C)“Because your heart is proud,
and (D)you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet (E)you are but a man, and no god,
(F)though you make your heart like the heart of a god—
James 4:13-14
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Boasting About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, (A)“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For (B)you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
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Hosea 12:7-8
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7 A merchant, in whose hands are (A)false balances,
he loves (B)to oppress.
8 Ephraim has said, “Ah, but (C)I am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors (D)they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
Proverbs 11:28
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Romans 12:16
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16 (A)Live in harmony with one another. (B)Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.[a] (C)Never be wise in your own sight.
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- Romans 12:16 Or give yourselves to humble tasks
Daniel 4:37
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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, (A)praise and extol and honor the (B)King of heaven, (C)for all his works are right and his ways are just; and (D)those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
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Isaiah 5:21
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21 Woe to those who are (A)wise in their own eyes,
and shrewd in their own sight!
Proverbs 26:12
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Deuteronomy 8:13-14
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13 and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied, 14 (A)then your heart be lifted up, and you (B)forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,
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Deuteronomy 6:11-12
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11 and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and when you eat and are full, 12 (A)then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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Luke 12:16-21
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16 And he told them a parable, saying, (A)“The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17 and he thought to himself, (B)‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my (C)barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up (D)for many years; relax, (E)eat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, (F)‘Fool! (G)This night (H)your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, (I)whose will they be?’ 21 So is the one (J)who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
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Zechariah 9:3
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3 Tyre has built herself (A)a rampart
and (B)heaped up silver like dust,
and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
Daniel 4:30
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30 and the king answered and said, (A)“Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by (B)my mighty power as a royal residence and for (C)the glory of my majesty?”
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Ezekiel 27:12-36
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12 (A)“Tarshish did (B)business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your (C)wares. 13 (D)Javan, (E)Tubal, and (F)Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14 From (G)Beth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules (H)for your wares. 15 The men of (I)Dedan[a] traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. 16 Syria (J)did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares (K)emeralds, (L)purple, (M)embroidered work, (N)fine linen, coral, and (O)ruby. 17 Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise (P)wheat of (Q)Minnith, meal,[b] honey, oil, and (R)balm. 18 (S)Damascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and (T)wool of Sahar 19 and casks of wine[c] from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, (U)cassia, and (V)calamus were bartered for your merchandise. 20 Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21 Arabia and all the princes of (W)Kedar were your favored dealers (X)in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. 22 The traders of (Y)Sheba and (Z)Raamah traded with you; they exchanged (AA)for your wares (AB)the best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold. 23 (AC)Haran, Canneh, (AD)Eden, traders of Sheba, (AE)Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. 24 In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of (AF)blue and (AG)embroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure. 25 (AH)The ships of (AI)Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden (AJ)in the heart of the seas.
26 “Your rowers have brought you out
into the high seas.
(AK)The east wind has wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.
27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners and (AL)your pilots,
(AM)your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
and all your men of war who are in you,
with all your crew
that is in your midst,
sink into the heart of the seas
(AN)on the day of your fall.
28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots
(AO)the countryside shakes,
29 and down from their ships
(AP)come all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
stand on the land
30 (AQ)and shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
(AR)They cast dust on their heads
(AS)and wallow in ashes;
31 they (AT)make themselves bald for you
and put sackcloth on their waist,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
with bitter mourning.
32 In their wailing they (AU)raise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
(AV)‘Who is like Tyre,
like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33 When your wares came from the seas,
(AW)you satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
(AX)you enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now (AY)you are wrecked by the seas,
in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your crew in your midst
have sunk with you.
35 (AZ)All the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled at you,
and (BA)the hair of their kings bristles with horror;
their faces are convulsed.
36 (BB)The merchants among the peoples (BC)hiss at you;
(BD)you have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 27:15 Hebrew; Septuagint Rhodes
- Ezekiel 27:17 The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown
- Ezekiel 27:19 Probable reading; Hebrew wool of Sahar 19and Dan and Javan
Ezekiel 16:49
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49 Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, (A)excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.
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Isaiah 23:8
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8 Who has purposed this
against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants were princes,
whose traders were the honored of the earth?
Isaiah 23:3
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3 And on many waters
your revenue was the grain of Shihor,
the harvest of the Nile;
you were (A)the merchant of the nations.
Isaiah 10:8-14
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8 for he says:
(A)“Are not my commanders all kings?
9 (B)Is not (C)Calno like (D)Carchemish?
Is not (E)Hamath like (F)Arpad?
(G)Is not (H)Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to (I)the kingdoms of the idols,
whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and (J)her idols
(K)as I have done to Samaria and her images?”
12 (L)When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, (M)he[a] will punish the speech[b] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 (N)For he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures;
like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
14 My hand has found like a nest
the wealth of the peoples;
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
so I have gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved a wing
or opened the mouth or chirped.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew I
- Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew fruit
Proverbs 30:9
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9 lest I be (A)full and (B)deny you
and say, (C)“Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
(D)and profane the name of my God.
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