Ezekiel 28:4
With your [own] wisdom and with your [own] understanding
You have acquired your riches and power
And have brought gold and silver into your treasuries;
Deuteronomy 8:17-18
Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’
Proverbs 18:11
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall [of protection] in his own imagination and conceit.
Proverbs 23:4-5
Do not weary yourself [with the overwhelming desire] to gain wealth;
Cease from your own understanding of it.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the strong, and neither is bread to the wise nor riches to those of intelligence and understanding nor favor to men of ability; but time and chance overtake them all.
Ezekiel 29:3
Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
The great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers,
[Boastfully] declaring, ‘My Nile is my own, and I have made it for myself.’
Habakkuk 1:16
Therefore, they offer sacrifices to their net
And burn incense to their fishing net;
Because through these things their catch is large and they live luxuriously,
And their food is plentiful.
Zechariah 9:2-4
And Hamath also, which borders on it (Damascus),
Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
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