Ezekiel 28:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Deut 8:17-18 : 17 And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth. 18 But 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.
  • Prov 18:11 : 11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own conceit.
  • Prov 23:4-5 : 4 Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom. 5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
  • Ezek 29:3 : 3 Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers, which has said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
  • 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.
  • Zech 9:2-4 : 2 And Hamath also shall border on it; Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise. 3 And Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the dirt of the streets. 4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and will strike her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

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

  • 3Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you:

  • Prov 3:13-14
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    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

    14For its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold.

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    11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of your enemies, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king:

    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.

  • 17And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.

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

    4And by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

  • 7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting, get understanding.

  • 4If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;

  • 12Tarshish was your merchant because of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your markets.

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

  • 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:

  • 11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • 14I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

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

  • Job 22:24-25
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    24Then you shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

    25Yes, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.

  • 16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!

  • 9So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also, my wisdom remained with me.

  • 20From where then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

  • 1Surely there is a source for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

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

  • 33When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many people; you enriched the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.

  • Prov 8:10-11
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    10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

    11For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired cannot compare to it.

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    12Behold, I have done according to your words: lo, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like you before you, nor shall any arise like unto you.

    13And I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto you all your days.

  • 16I communed with my own heart, saying, Look, I have attained great stature, and gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem: yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

  • 8Have you heard the secret counsel of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

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

  • 12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

  • 4To devise skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze,

  • 22it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong, for your greatness has grown and reaches unto heaven, and your dominion to the end of the earth.

  • 5Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my precious pleasant things.

  • 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.'

  • 24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • 19Will he value your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

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

  • 11Wisdom is good with an inheritance, and by it there is profit to those who see the sun.

  • 13You who dwell upon many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, and the measure of your covetousness.

  • 29As for you, O king, your thoughts came into your mind upon your bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he who reveals secrets makes known to you what shall come to pass.

  • 13Thus you were adorned with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered work; you ate fine flour, honey, and oil; you were exceedingly beautiful, and you prospered into a kingdom.

  • 14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your expectation shall not be cut off.

  • 33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • 28All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.

  • 10When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul;

  • 23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.