Jeremiah 9:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

Wise

Neither

General references

Proverbs 21:30

1 Corinthians 1:29

2 Corinthians 10:17

Bible References

Wise

“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.

For he sees that even wise men die;
The stupid and the senseless alike perish
And leave their wealth to others.

And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning nor favor to men of ability; for time and chance overtake them all.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight!

So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of his haughtiness.”

“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Because your heart is lifted up
And you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a man and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

Neither

Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’

Then a champion came out from the armies of the Philistines named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “May the gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”

The king is not saved by a mighty army;

A warrior is not delivered by great strength.

For it says, “Are not my princes all kings?

Now therefore, come make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.

The land of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am the Lord.Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made it,’

Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, very well. But if you do not worship, you will immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can deliver you out of my hands?”

The king reflected and said, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?’

O king, the Most High God granted sovereignty, grandeur, glory and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father.

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Flight will perish from the swift,

And the stalwart will not strengthen his power,
Nor the mighty man save his life.

The people kept crying out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”

General references

There is no wisdom and no understanding
And no counsel against the Lord.

so that no man may boast before God.

But he who boasts is to boast in the Lord.