Job 31:25

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Summary

Job 31:25

If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

Rejoiced

Because

Habakkuk 1:16

General references

Proverbs 18:11

Bible References

Rejoiced

and Haman recounteth to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.

For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,

By the abundance of thy wisdom, Through thy merchandise, Thou hast multiplied thy wealth, And high is thy heart through thy wealth.

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

Because

and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:

For he hath said, 'By the power of my hand I have wrought, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And their chief ones I have spoiled, And I put down as a mighty one the inhabitants,

the king hath answered and said, Is not this that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of mine honour?

And Ephraim saith: 'Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours -- they find not against me iniquity that is sin.'

Therefore he doth sacrifice to his net, And doth make perfume to his drag, For by them is his portion fertile, and his food fat.

General references

The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.