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; …
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Jeremiah 9:23 · 37 connections
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Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
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.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
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. …
End of linked passage: 1 Corinthians 3:20They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; …
End of linked passage: Psalms 49:13They 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.
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. …
End of linked passage: 1 Corinthians 1:21But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. …
End of linked passage: James 3:16If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; …
End of linked passage: Job 31:25And 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. …
End of linked passage: 1 Kings 20:11Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
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.
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. …
End of linked passage: Acts 12:23And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: …
End of linked passage: Psalms 52:7Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: …
End of linked passage: Amos 2:16Son 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: …
End of linked passage: Ezekiel 28:9And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. …
End of linked passage: Luke 12:20For 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.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. …
End of linked passage: Job 5:14There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. …
End of linked passage: Psalms 33:17Wherefore 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. …
End of linked passage: Isaiah 10:13O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: …
End of linked passage: Daniel 5:23Neither 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.
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!
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. …
End of linked passage: 1 Samuel 17:10Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; …
End of linked passage: Psalms 49:18Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. …
End of linked passage: Ecclesiastes 2:16And 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.
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
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.
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? …
End of linked passage: Daniel 4:31And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
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. …
End of linked passage: Isaiah 36:9Now 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?
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