Isaiah 2:7
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7 Their land is (A)filled with silver and gold,
and there is no end to their treasures;
their land is (B)filled with horses,
and there is no end to their chariots.
Isaiah 31:1
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Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt
31 Woe[a] to (A)those who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who (B)trust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but (C)do not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the Lord!
Footnotes
- Isaiah 31:1 Or Ah,
Isaiah 30:16
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16 and you said,
“No! We will flee upon (A)horses”;
therefore you shall flee away;
and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”;
therefore your pursuers shall be swift.
Micah 5:10
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10 And (A)in that day, declares the Lord,
(B)I will cut off your horses from among you
and will destroy your chariots;
Psalm 20:7
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Deuteronomy 17:16-17
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16 Only he must not acquire many (A)horses for himself or cause the people (B)to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, (C)‘You shall never return that way again.’ 17 And he (D)shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, (E)nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.
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Revelation 18:11-17
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11 And (A)the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, 12 cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.[a]
14 “The fruit for which your soul longed
has gone from you,
and all your delicacies and your splendors
are lost to you,
never to be found again!”
15 (B)The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, (C)will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,
16 “Alas, alas, for the great city
(D)that was clothed in fine linen,
in purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold,
with jewels, and with pearls!
17 For (E)in a single hour all this wealth (F)has been laid waste.”
And (G)all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off
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- Revelation 18:13 Or and slaves, and human lives
Revelation 18:3
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3 For all nations have drunk[a]
(A)the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and (B)the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
and (C)the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”
Footnotes
- Revelation 18:3 Some manuscripts fallen by
James 5:1-3
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Warning to the Rich
5 Come now, (A)you rich, weep and howl for the (B)miseries that are coming upon you. 2 (C)Your riches have rotted and (D)your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. (E)You have laid up treasure (F)in the last days.
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Hosea 14:3
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3 (A)Assyria shall not save us;
(B)we will not ride on horses;
and (C)we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
(D)In you the orphan finds mercy.”
Jeremiah 5:27-28
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27 Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;
28 (A)they have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
(B)they judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
2 Chronicles 9:20-25
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20 All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. Silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon. 21 For the king's ships went to (A)Tarshish with the servants of Hiram. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[a]
22 Thus King Solomon (B)excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. 24 Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and of gold, garments, myrrh,[b] spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. 25 And Solomon had (C)4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
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- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Or baboons
- 2 Chronicles 9:24 Or armor
1 Kings 10:21-27
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21 All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of (A)the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon. 22 For the king had (B)a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[a]
23 (C)Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. 24 And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. 25 Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, myrrh,[b] spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.
26 (D)And Solomon gathered together (E)chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the (F)chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 27 And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as (G)the sycamore of the Shephelah.
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- 1 Kings 10:22 Or baboons
- 1 Kings 10:25 Or armor
1 Kings 4:26
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26 (A)Solomon also had 40,000[a] stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.
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- 1 Kings 4:26 Hebrew; one Hebrew manuscript (see 2 Chronicles 9:25 and Septuagint of 1 Kings 10:26) 4,000
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