Jeremiah 9:23
Thus says LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the rich man glory in his riches,
Ecclesiastes 9:11
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 favor to men of skill, but time and chance happens t
1 Kings 20:10-11
And Ben-hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
Job 31:24-25
If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, [Thou are] my confidence;
Isaiah 10:8
For he says, Are not my rulers all of them kings?
Deuteronomy 8:17
And [lest] thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
1 Samuel 17:4-10
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.
1 Samuel 17:42
And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
Job 5:12-14
He frustrates the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Psalm 33:16-17
There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
Psalm 49:6-13
Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches,
Psalm 49:16-18
Be not thou afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.
Psalm 52:6-7
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, [saying],
Psalm 62:10
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery. If riches increase, set not your heart [on it].
Proverbs 11:4
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Ecclesiastes 2:13-16
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as far as light excels darkness.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Isaiah 5:21
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isaiah 10:12-13
Therefore it shall come to pass, that, when LORD has performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Isaiah 36:8-9
Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges 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.
Ezekiel 7:19
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing. Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of LORD. They shall not satisfy their souls, nor fill t
Ezekiel 28:2-9
Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, Thus says lord LORD: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou have said, I am a god. I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas. Yet thou are man, and not God, though thou did set thy h
Ezekiel 29:9
And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. And they shall know that I am LORD. Because he has said, The river is mine, and I have made it,
Daniel 3:15
Now 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 music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]. But if ye do not worship, ye
Daniel 4:30-31
The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are truth, and his ways justice. And he is able to abase those who walk in pride.
Daniel 5:18-23
O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom and greatness and glory and majesty.
Amos 2:14-16
And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, nor shall the mighty deliver himself.
Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of LORD's wrath, but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy. For he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in
Mark 10:24
And the disciples were astonished at his words. But again having answered, Jesus says to them, Children, how difficult it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God.
Luke 12:19-20
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
Acts 12:22-23
And the populace shouted, The voice of a god, and not of a man.
Romans 1:22
Professing to be wise, they became foolish,
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will frustrate the understanding of those of understanding.
1 Corinthians 1:27-29
But God chose the foolish things of the world, so that he might humiliate the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world, so that he might humiliate the powerful.
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all the evils, of which some aspiring have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
James 3:14-16
But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth.