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Jeremiah 9:23 (KJV)

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches:

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Deuteronomy 8:17 - And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of [mine] hand hath gotten me this wealth.
1 Samuel 17:4 - And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.
1 Samuel 17:42 - And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was [but] a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
1 Kings 20:10 - And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
Job 5:12 - He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise.
Job 31:24 - If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
Job 41:15 - [His] scales [are his] pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.
Psalms 33:5 - He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
Psalms 33:16 - There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalms 34:3 - O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Psalms 44:9 - But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
Psalms 49:6 - They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
Psalms 49:16 - Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
Psalms 52:6 - The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Psalms 62:10 - Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].
Proverbs 11:4 - Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Ecclesiastes 2:13 - Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Ecclesiastes 2:19 - And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 9:11 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Isaiah 5:21 - Woe unto [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isaiah 10:8 - For he saith, [Are] not my princes altogether kings?
Isaiah 10:12 - Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Isaiah 36:8 - Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
Jeremiah 31:34 - And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Jeremiah 48:14 - How say ye, We [are] mighty and strong men for the war?
Ezekiel 7:19 - They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
Ezekiel 28:2 - Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart [is] lifted up, and thou hast said, I [am] a God, I sit [in] the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou [art] a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
Ezekiel 29:9 - And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD: because he hath said, The river [is] mine, and I have made [it].
Daniel 3:15 - Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who [is] that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Daniel 4:30 - The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Daniel 4:37 - Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works [are] truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Daniel 5:18 - O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
Amos 2:14 - Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
Micah 6:8 - He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Zephaniah 1:18 - Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Mark 10:24 - And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, ‹Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!›
Luke 12:19 - ‹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink,› [and] ‹be merry.›
Acts 12:22 - And the people gave a shout, [saying, It is] the voice of a god, and not of a man.
Romans 1:22 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
1 Corinthians 1:19 - For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
1 Corinthians 1:27 - But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
1 Corinthians 3:18 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
1 Timothy 6:10 - For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
James 3:14 - But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

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