Deuteronomy 8:17

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You may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand have produced this wealth for me.'

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  • Deut 9:4 : 4 Do not say in your heart, when the LORD your God drives them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to take possession of this land,' but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you.
  • Hab 1:16 : 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net and burn incense to their dragnet, for by these their portion is rich and their food is plentiful.
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
  • Deut 7:17 : 17 If you say in your heart, 'These nations are too numerous for me; how can I drive them out?'
  • Isa 10:8-9 : 8 For he says, 'Are not all my princes kings? 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? And is not Samaria like Damascus? 10 Just as my hand seized the kingdoms of idols, whose carved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria, 11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols as I have done to Samaria and her images? 12 When the Lord has finished all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will punish the pride of the king of Assyria's heart and the glory of his haughty eyes. 13 For he says, 'By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, plundered their treasures, and brought down their mighty ones like a bull.' 14 My hand seized the wealth of nations like one finds a nest. As one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; no wing fluttered, no beak opened to chirp.
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 Immediately, what was spoken about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people, ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
  • Hos 12:8 : 8 Canaan, in whose hands are deceitful scales, loves to defraud.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 8:18
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    18But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the power to gain wealth, so that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is today.

  • Deut 8:10-14
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    77%

    10You will eat and be satisfied, and you will bless the Lord your God for the good land He has given you.

    11Be careful not to forget the Lord your God by failing to keep His commandments, judgments, and statutes that I am commanding you today.

    12Otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built fine houses and settled in them,

    13When your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold have increased, and all that you have has multiplied,

    14then your heart may grow proud, and you might forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

  • Ezek 28:4-6
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    76%

    4By your wisdom and understanding, you have made wealth for yourself, and you have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries.

    5By your great skill in trading, you have increased your wealth, and your heart has grown proud because of your wealth.

    6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have set your heart as if it were the heart of a god,

  • Deut 8:16
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    16He fed you manna in the wilderness, which your fathers had never known, to humble and test you so that He might do good for you in the end.

  • Deut 28:8
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    8The LORD will command the blessing on your storehouses and on all you set your hand to do. He will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

  • 1 Chr 29:12
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    12Wealth and honor come from you, and you rule over everything. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.

  • Job 31:25
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    25if I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had obtained much,

  • Prov 30:9
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    9Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the Lord?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

  • Deut 28:11-12
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    73%

    11The LORD will make you prosper abundantly in the fruit of your womb, in the offspring of your livestock, and in the produce of your land on the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

    12The LORD will open the heavens, His rich treasury, to give rain to your land in its season and bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.

  • Isa 47:10
    72%

    10You felt secure in your wickedness and said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and your knowledge have led you astray, and you said in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.'

  • Ps 49:6
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    6Why should I fear in evil days, when iniquity surrounds me, at my heels?

  • Prov 18:11
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    11The wealth of the rich is like their fortified city; they imagine it is a wall too high to scale.

  • Prov 5:10
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    10Lest strangers feast on your strength, and your hard-earned wealth end up in the house of a foreigner.

  • Deut 8:2
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    2Remember the entire journey the Lord your God has led you on these forty years in the wilderness, to humble and test you in order to know what is in your heart—whether or not you would keep His commandments.

  • Deut 6:11
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    11with houses full of every good thing that you did not fill, wells that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—when you eat and are satisfied.

  • Deut 30:9
    72%

    9The LORD your God will make you successful in all the work of your hands—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. The LORD will again rejoice over you for good, as He rejoiced over your ancestors,

  • Hos 12:8
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    8Canaan, in whose hands are deceitful scales, loves to defraud.

  • Ps 62:10
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    10Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

  • Isa 47:8
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    8Now hear this, you pleasure-loving one, sitting securely, who says in her heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me; I will not sit as a widow, or know the loss of children.'

  • Jer 2:17
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    17Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when he led you in the way?

  • Deut 7:17
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    17If you say in your heart, 'These nations are too numerous for me; how can I drive them out?'

  • Ps 52:7
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    7But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.

  • Prov 13:11
    71%

    11Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • Deut 15:10
    71%

    10You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you undertake.

  • Prov 8:21
    71%

    21Granting an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries.

  • Prov 8:18
    71%

    18Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness.

  • Deut 9:4
    71%

    4Do not say in your heart, when the LORD your God drives them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to take possession of this land,' but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you.

  • Jer 9:23
    71%

    23But let the one who boasts boast in this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for in these things I delight, declares the Lord.

  • Deut 15:8
    70%

    8Instead, you shall freely open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

  • Jer 17:11
    70%

    11Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay, so is one who gains wealth by unjust means. In the middle of his life, it will desert him, and in the end, he will prove to be a fool.

  • Job 6:22
    70%

    22Have I said, ‘Give to me,’ or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?

  • Prov 13:7
    70%

    7One pretends to be rich yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor yet has great wealth.

  • Eccl 5:19
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    19For they seldom reflect on the days of their life because God keeps them occupied with joy in their hearts.

  • Ps 128:2
    70%

    2You will eat the fruit of your labor; you will be blessed, and it will go well with you.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
    70%

    16LORD our God, all this abundance that we have provided to build you a house for your holy name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you.

  • Amos 6:13
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    13You who rejoice in nothingness and say, 'By our own strength we have taken horns for ourselves!'

  • 2 Chr 1:12
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    12Therefore wisdom and knowledge are given to you. I will also give you wealth, possessions, and honor, such as no king before you ever had and none after you will have."

  • Deut 2:7
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    7The LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you, and you have lacked nothing.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4Do not wear yourself out trying to become rich; stop relying on your own understanding.

  • Isa 10:13
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    13For he says, 'By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, plundered their treasures, and brought down their mighty ones like a bull.'

  • Deut 15:4
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    4However, there should be no poor among you, for the Lord will certainly bless you in the land He is giving you as an inheritance to possess.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8Whoever increases his wealth by charging interest and unfair gain gathers it for one who is kind to the poor.