Ezekiel 28:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

Thy great wisdom

Proverbs 26:12

Isaiah 5:21

Romans 12:16

And by

And thine

General references

Proverbs 30:13

Bible References

Thy great wisdom

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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

Be in agreement with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

And by

“Tarshish was your trading partner because of your great wealth of every kind. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise.

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

on many waters.
Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor—
the harvest of the Nile.
She was the merchant among the nations.

A merchant loves to extort
with dishonest scales in his hands.

Tyre has built herself a fortress;
she has heaped up silver like dust
and gold like the dirt of the streets.

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”

And thine

“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.

Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, plenty of food, and comfortable security, but didn’t support the poor and needy.

houses full of every good thing that you did not fill them with, wells dug that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,

and your herds and flocks grow large, and your silver and gold multiply, and everything else you have increases,

You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and you have become overconfident that you will get glory. Now stay at home. Why stir up such trouble so that you fall and Judah with you?”

Many were bringing an offering to the Lord to Jerusalem and valuable gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah, and he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations after that.

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

“Here is the man
who would not make God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”

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

Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.

Otherwise, I might have too much
and deny You, saying, “Who is the Lord?”
or I might have nothing and steal,
profaning the name of my God.

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

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?”

When they had pasture,
they became satisfied;
they were satisfied,
and their hearts became proud.
Therefore they forgot Me.

Then He told them a parable: “A rich man’s land was very productive.

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

General references

There is a generation—how haughty its eyes
and pretentious its looks.