Ezekiel 28:4

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

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  • Deut 8:17-18 : 17 You may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand have produced this wealth for me.' 18 But 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.
  • Prov 18:11 : 11 The wealth of the rich is like their fortified city; they imagine it is a wall too high to scale.
  • Prov 23:4-5 : 4 Do not wear yourself out trying to become rich; stop relying on your own understanding. 5 Will you fix your eyes on wealth only for it to vanish? For it makes itself wings and flies away like an eagle toward the heavens.
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor does bread come to the wise, nor riches to the discerning, nor favor to the knowledgeable; but time and chance happen to them all.
  • Ezek 29:3 : 3 Speak and say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it for myself.’
  • 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.
  • Zech 9:2-4 : 2 Hamath, also, will border it; Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise. 3 Tyre has built herself a stronghold and heaped up silver like dust and gold like the dirt in the streets. 4 But the Lord will dispossess her and strike her power in the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

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

  • Ezek 28:3
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    3Indeed, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you.

  • Prov 3:13-14
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    13Blessed is the one who finds wisdom and the one who obtains understanding.

    14For the profit from wisdom is better than the profit from silver, and her gain than fine gold.

  • 2 Chr 1:11-12
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    11God said to Solomon, "Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked for wealth, possessions, honor, the death of your enemies, or even many long years—but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people over whom I have made you king—

    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 8:17
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    17You may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand have produced this wealth for me.'

  • Prov 24:3-4
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    3By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established.

    4By knowledge the rooms are filled with all kinds of precious and pleasant treasures.

  • Prov 4:7
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    7Wisdom is supreme—acquire wisdom. Though it costs you all you have, gain understanding.

  • Prov 2:4
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    4if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,

  • Ezek 27:12
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    12Tarshish traded with you because of your great wealth of goods, exchanging silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.

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

  • Job 3:14-15
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    14With kings and counselors of the earth who built ruins for themselves.

    15Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with understanding will see right through him.

  • Dan 5:14
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    14I have heard about you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that you have enlightenment, insight, and extraordinary wisdom.

  • Deut 8:13
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    13When your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold have increased, and all that you have has multiplied,

  • Job 22:24-25
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    24and assign your gold to the dust, and the gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,

    25then the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16How much better to get wisdom than gold, to gain understanding rather than silver!

  • Eccl 2:9
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    9I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom stayed with me.

  • Job 28:20
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    20But where does wisdom come from, and where is the place of understanding?

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    1Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

  • Prov 8:18
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    18Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness.

  • Ezek 27:33
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    33When your merchandise went out to the seas, you satisfied many peoples. With your abundant wealth and your goods, you enriched the kings of the earth.

  • Prov 8:10-11
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    10Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

    11For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.

  • 1 Kgs 3:12-13
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    12behold, I have done what you asked. I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.

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  • Eccl 1:16
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    16I said to myself, 'Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled Jerusalem before me. I have experienced much wisdom and knowledge.'

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    8Have you listened to the secret counsel of God and limited wisdom to yourself?

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    25if I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had obtained much,

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    12But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding?

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    22You will be driven away from people, and you will live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass over you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to whomever He chooses.

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    5For you took my silver and my gold and carried my precious treasures into your temples.

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    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.'

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields only folly.

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    19Will your cry for help set things in order in distress, or will your exertions of strength suffice?

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

  • Eccl 7:11
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    11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and it is an advantage for those who see the light of day.

  • Jer 51:13
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    13You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.

  • Dan 2:29
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    29As for you, O king, your thoughts came into your mind while on your bed about what would happen in the future, and He who reveals mysteries has made known to you what is to come.

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    13So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your garments were of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil, and you became exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty.

  • Prov 24:14
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    14In the same way, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but it becomes known even among fools.

  • Dan 4:28
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    10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

  • 1 Kgs 10:23
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    23King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the kings of the earth.