Deuteronomy 8:17
Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.
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- Deut 9:4 : 4 And after the Lord has sent them in flight from before you, say not in your heart, Because of my righteousness the Lord has given me this land; when it is because of their evil-doing that the Lord is driving these nations out before you.
- Hab 1:16 : 16 For this reason he makes an offering to his net, burning perfume to his fishing-net; because by them he gets much food and his meat is fat.
- 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?
- Deut 7:17 : 17 If you say in your hearts, These nations are greater in number than we are: how are we to take their land from them?
- Isa 10:8-9 : 8 For he says, Are not all my captains kings? 9 Will not the fate of Calno be like that of Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? 10 As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria; 11 So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images. 12 For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes. 13 For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them; 14 And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.
- Dan 4:30 : 30 The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?
- Hos 12:8 : 8 As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
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18 But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.
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10 And you will have food enough and be full, praising the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.
11 Then take care that you are not turned away from the Lord your God and from keeping his orders and decisions and laws which I give you this day:
12 And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;
13 And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort;
14 Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house;
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4 By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:
5 By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:
6 For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your heart as the heart of God,
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16 Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;
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8 The Lord will send his blessing on your store-houses and on everything to which you put your hand: his blessing will be on you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
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12 Wealth and honour come from you, and you are ruler over all, and in your hand is power and strength; it is in your power to make great, and to give strength to all.
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25 If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
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9 For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
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11 And the Lord will make you fertile in every good thing, in the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your fields, in the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, said he would give you.
12 Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs.
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10 For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.
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6 Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.
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11 The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.
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10 And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;
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2 And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.
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11 And houses full of good things not stored up by you, and places for storing water which you did not make, and vine-gardens and olive-trees not of your planting; and you have taken food and are full;
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9 And the Lord your God will make you fertile in all good things, blessing the work of your hands, and the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land: for the Lord will have joy in you, as he had in your fathers:
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8 As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
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10 Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.
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8 So now take note of this, you who are given up to pleasure, living without fear of evil, saying in your heart, I am, and there is no one like me; I will never be a widow, or have my children taken from me.
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17 Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way?
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17 If you say in your hearts, These nations are greater in number than we are: how are we to take their land from them?
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7 See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.
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11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
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10 But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.
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21 So that I may give my lovers wealth for their heritage, making their store-houses full.
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18 Wealth and honour are in my hands, even wealth without equal and righteousness.
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4 And after the Lord has sent them in flight from before you, say not in your heart, Because of my righteousness the Lord has given me this land; when it is because of their evil-doing that the Lord is driving these nations out before you.
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23 This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:
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8 But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.
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11 Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.
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22 Did I say, Give me something? or, Make a payment for me out of your wealth?
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7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.
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19 He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.
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2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.
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4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
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16 O Lord our God, all this store, which we have made ready for the building of a house for your holy name, comes from your hand and is yours.
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13 You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?
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12 Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.
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7 For the blessing of the Lord your God has been on you in all the work of your hands: he has knowledge of your wanderings through this great waste: these forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have been short of nothing.
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4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
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13 For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;
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4 But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will certainly give you his blessing in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage;
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8 He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.