Isaiah 10:14

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 31:25 : 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
  • Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
  • Prov 21:6-7 : 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. 7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
  • Isa 5:8 : 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
  • Jer 49:16 : 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
  • Obad 1:4 : 4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
  • Nah 2:9-3:1 : 9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. 10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. 11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? 12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. 13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. 1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
  • Hab 2:5-9 : 5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? 8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

  • 11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

  • Job 39:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

    14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

  • 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

  • Isa 34:15-16
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    71%

    15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

    16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

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

  • 14 With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

  • 11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreath abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

  • 7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

  • 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?

  • 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

  • 12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

  • Job 39:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

    27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

  • Job 29:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

    18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

  • 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

  • 9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

  • 14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

  • 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

  • 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?

  • Obad 1:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

    5 If thieves came to thee, if rbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

  • 9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

  • 11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

  • 4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

  • 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

  • 17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

  • 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

  • 14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

  • 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

  • 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    67%

    10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

    11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • 14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

  • 17 Surely in vain the net is sead in the sight of any bird.

  • 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

  • 10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

  • 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

  • 10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:

  • 11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

  • 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

  • 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

  • 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

  • 6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

  • 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

  • 18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

  • 6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.