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

Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!

Have the same respect one for another, not minding high things, but going along with the lowly: be not wise in your own eyes:

And by

Tarshish dealt with thee by reason of the abundance of all substance; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they furnished thy markets.

Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

And on great waters, the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of the nations.

He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.

And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,

And thine

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the heart of the seas, (and thou art a man, and not God,) and thou settest thy heart as the heart of God:

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

and houses full of everything good which thou filledst not, and wells digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards and oliveyards which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt have eaten and shalt be full;

and thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied,

Thou thinkest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart has lifted thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou shouldest fall, thou and Judah with thee?

And many brought gifts unto Jehovah to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; and he was thenceforth magnified in the sight of all the nations.

If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!

Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his avarice.

Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a leaf.

lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.

For he saith, Are not my princes all kings?

the king spoke 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 glory of my majesty?

According to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.

And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;

General references

there is a generation, how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!