By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:

Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself

Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:

When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.

If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;

As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.

And houses full of good things not stored up by you, and places for storing water which you did not make, and vine-gardens and olive-trees not of your planting; and you have taken food and are full;

And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort;

You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

And great numbers came to Jerusalem with offerings for the Lord, and things of great price for Hezekiah, king of Judah: so that he was honoured among all nations from that time.

He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!

For he says, Are not all my captains kings?

Who get in the seed of Shihor, whose wealth is the trade of the nations.

By whom was this purposed against Tyre, the crowning town, whose traders are chiefs, whose business men are honoured in the land?

Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.

Tarshish did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth; they gave silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.

The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.

And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.

And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.

Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

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Thy great wisdom

Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!
Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.

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Tarshish did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth; they gave silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.
Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.
Who get in the seed of Shihor, whose wealth is the trade of the nations.
As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.
How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

And thine

Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:
Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.
And houses full of good things not stored up by you, and places for storing water which you did not make, and vine-gardens and olive-trees not of your planting; and you have taken food and are full;
And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort;
You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?
And great numbers came to Jerusalem with offerings for the Lord, and things of great price for Hezekiah, king of Judah: so that he was honoured among all nations from that time.
If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;
See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself
Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.
He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.
For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
For he says, Are not all my captains kings?
The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?
When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.
And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:
Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

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There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!

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