Deuteronomy 8:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.

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  • Deut 9:4 : 4 Do not say in your heart, after the LORD your God has cast them out from before you, saying, Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land: but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD drives them out from before you.
  • Hab 1:16 : 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their dragnet; because by them their portion is sumptuous and their food plentiful.
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who makes you different from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
  • Deut 7:17 : 17 If you shall say in your heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
  • Isa 10:8-9 : 8 For he says, Are not my princes altogether kings? 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? 10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose carved images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, also do to Jerusalem and her idols? 12 Therefore, it shall come to pass, that when the Lord has performed all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For he says, By the strength of my hand, I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the boundaries of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have brought down the inhabitants like a valiant man; 14 And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathers eggs that are left, I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?
  • Hos 12:8 : 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.

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  • Deut 8:18
    88%

    18But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

  • Deut 8:10-14
    5 verses
    77%

    10When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you.

    11Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command you this day:

    12Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses, and dwelt therein;

    13And when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

    14Then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

  • Ezek 28:4-6
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    76%

    4With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gained riches for yourself, and gathered gold and silver into your treasures:

    5By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches:

    6Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have set your heart as the heart of God;

  • Deut 8:16
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    16Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you, and that he might test you, to do you good at your latter end;

  • Deut 28:8
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    8The LORD shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouses, and in all that you set your hand unto; and He shall bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • 1 Chr 29:12
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    12Both riches and honor come from You, and You reign over all; in Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great, and to give strength to all.

  • Job 31:25
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    25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

  • Prov 30:9
    73%

    9Lest I be full and deny You, and say, Who is the LORD? Or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

  • Deut 28:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11And the LORD shall make you plentiful in goods, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give you.

    12The LORD shall open unto you His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend unto many nations, and you shall not borrow.

  • Isa 47:10
    72%

    10For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and your knowledge have perverted you; and you have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is none else besides me.'

  • Ps 49:6
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    6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

  • Prov 18:11
    72%

    11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own conceit.

  • Prov 5:10
    72%

    10Lest strangers be filled with your wealth, and your labors be in the house of a stranger;

  • Deut 8:2
    72%

    2And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

  • Deut 6:11
    72%

    11And houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and wells dug, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant; when you have eaten and are full;

  • Deut 30:9
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    9And the LORD your God will make you abundant in every work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers:

  • Hos 12:8
    71%

    8And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.

  • Ps 62:10
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    10Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

  • Isa 47:8
    71%

    8Therefore hear this now, you that are given to pleasures, that dwell carelessly, that say in your heart, 'I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, nor shall I know the loss of children.'

  • Jer 2:17
    71%

    17Have you not brought this upon yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you in the way?

  • Deut 7:17
    71%

    17If you shall say in your heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

  • Ps 52:7
    71%

    7Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • Prov 13:11
    71%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • 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 shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to.

  • Prov 8:21
    71%

    21That I may cause those who love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

  • Prov 8:18
    71%

    18Riches and honor are with me; yes, enduring riches and righteousness.

  • Deut 9:4
    71%

    4Do not say in your heart, after the LORD your God has cast them out from before you, saying, Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land: but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD drives them out from before you.

  • Jer 9:23
    71%

    23Thus says the LORD, 'Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches:

  • Deut 15:8
    70%

    8But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely give him sufficient for his need, in what he wants.

  • Jer 17:11
    70%

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

  • Job 6:22
    70%

    22Did I say, Bring to me? Or Give a reward for me of your substance?

  • Prov 13:7
    70%

    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

  • Eccl 5:19
    70%

    19Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

  • Ps 128:2
    70%

    2For you shall eat the labor of your hands; happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.

  • Prov 10:4
    70%

    4He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
    70%

    16O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name is from Your hand, and is all Your own.

  • Amos 6:13
    70%

    13You who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

  • 2 Chr 1:12
    70%

    12Wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before you, neither shall any after you have the like.

  • Deut 2:7
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    7For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the works of your hands; He knows your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.

  • Prov 23:4
    70%

    4Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.

  • Isa 10:13
    70%

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

  • Deut 15:4
    69%

    4Except when there are no poor among you; for the LORD will greatly bless you in the land the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it.

  • Prov 28:8
    69%

    8He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.