Jeremiah 9:23

Judah's Failures

²² Speak as follows:

This is what the Lord says:

Human corpses will fall
like manure on the surface of the field,
like newly cut grain after the reaper
with no one to gather it. ²³ This is what the Lord says:

The wise man must not boast in his wisdom;
the strong man must not boast in his strength;
the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.
²⁴ But the one who boasts should boast in this,
that he understands and knows Me—
that I am Yahweh, showing faithful love,
justice, and righteousness on the earth,
for I delight in these things.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Lord Said

Says the Lord

Thus Says the Lord

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Word of the Lord

Strength And Power

This Is What The Lord Says

Jehovah

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.

1 Kings 20:10-11

Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, “May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria’s dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.”

Job 31:24-25

If I placed my confidence in gold
or called fine gold my trust,

Isaiah 10:8

For he says,
“Aren’t all my commanders kings?

Deuteronomy 8:17

You may say to yourself, ‘My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,’

1 Samuel 17:4-10

Then a champion named Goliath, from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was nine feet, nine inches tall

1 Samuel 17:42

When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a youth, healthy and handsome.

Job 5:12-14

He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they achieve no success.

Psalm 33:16-17

A king is not saved by a large army;
a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.

Psalm 49:6-13

They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.

Psalm 49:16-18

Do not be afraid when a man gets rich,
when the wealth of his house increases.

Psalm 52:6-7

The righteous will look on with awe
and will ridicule him:

Psalm 62:10

Place no trust in oppression,
or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
pay no attention to it.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.

Ecclesiastes 2:13-16

And I realized that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Isaiah 5:21

Woe to those who are wise in their own opinion
and clever in their own sight.

Isaiah 10:12-13

But when the Lord finishes all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.”

Isaiah 36:8-9

Now make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I’ll give you 2,000 horses if you’re able to supply riders for them!

Ezekiel 7:19

They will throw their silver into the streets,
and their gold will seem like something filthy.
Their silver and gold will be unable to save them
in the day of the Lord’s wrath.
They will not satisfy their appetites
or fill their stomachs,
for these were the stumbling blocks
that brought about their iniquity.

Ezekiel 28:2-9

“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: This is what the Lord God says:

Your heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.

Ezekiel 29:9

The land of Egypt will be a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am Yahweh. Because you said, ‘The Nile is my own; I made it,’

Daniel 3:15

Now if you’re ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, drum, and every kind of music, fall down and worship the statue I made. But if you don’t worship it, you will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire—and who is the god who can rescue you from my power?”

Daniel 4:30-31

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built by my vast power to be a royal residence and to display my majestic glory?”

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and glorify the King of heaven, because all His works are true and His ways are just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

Daniel 5:18-23

Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, greatness, glory, and majesty to your predecessor Nebuchadnezzar.

Amos 2:14-16

Escape will fail the swift,
the strong one will not prevail by his strength,
and the brave will not save his life.

Zephaniah 1:18

Their silver and their gold
will not be able to rescue them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.
The whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of His jealousy.
For He will make a complete,
yes, a horrifying end
of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Mark 10:24

But the disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

Luke 12:19-20

Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’

Acts 12:22-23

The assembled people began to shout, “It’s the voice of a god and not of a man!”

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools

1 Corinthians 1:19-21

For it is written:

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.

1 Corinthians 1:27-29

Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

1 Corinthians 3:18-20

No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

James 3:14-16

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.