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Jeremiah 9

Jer. 9:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thus saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, Let not the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
man glory
halal (Hebrew #1984)
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Pronounce: haw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
in his wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
, neither let the mighty
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
man glory
halal (Hebrew #1984)
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Pronounce: haw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
in his might
gbuwrah (Hebrew #1369)
force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
KJV usage: force, mastery, might, mighty (act, power), power, strength.
Pronounce: gheb-oo-raw'
Origin: feminine passive participle from the same as 1368
, let not the rich
`ashiyr (Hebrew #6223)
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
KJV usage: rich (man).
Pronounce: aw-sheer'
Origin: from 6238
man glory
halal (Hebrew #1984)
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Pronounce: haw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
in his riches
`osher (Hebrew #6239)
wealth
KJV usage: X far (richer), riches.
Pronounce: o'-sher
Origin: from 6238
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Job 5:12‑14• 12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
 13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
 14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night. (Job 5:12‑14)
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Psa. 49:10‑13,16‑18• 10For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.
 11Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.
 12Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
 13This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.
 16Be not afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased:
 17For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.
 18Though he blessed his soul in his lifetime,--and men will praise thee when thou doest well to thyself,-- (Psa. 49:10‑13,16‑18)
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Eccl. 2:13‑16,19• 13And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.
 14The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
 15And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
 16For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?
 19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity. (Eccl. 2:13‑16,19)
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Eccl. 9:11• 11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to the intelligent, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; but time and chance happeneth to them all. (Eccl. 9:11)
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Isa. 5:21• 21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem! (Isa. 5:21)
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Isa. 10:12‑13• 12And it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stoutness of heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
 13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit on thrones; (Isa. 10:12‑13)
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Ezek. 28:2‑9• 2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a *god, I sit in the seat of God, in the heart of the seas, (and thou art a man, and not *God,) and thou settest thy heart as the heart of God:
 3behold, thou art wiser than Daniel! nothing secret is obscure for thee;
 4by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;
 5by thy great wisdom thou hast by thy traffic increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches.
 6Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God,
 7therefore behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall tarnish thy brightness.
 8They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of those that are slain in the heart of the seas.
 9Wilt thou then say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and not *God, in the hand of him that pierceth thee. (Ezek. 28:2‑9)
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Rom. 1:22• 22professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, (Rom. 1:22)
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1 Cor. 1:19‑21,27‑29• 19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.
 20Where is the wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
 21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom has not known God, God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe.
 27But God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may put to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may put to shame the strong things;
 28and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, and things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;
 29so that no flesh should boast before God. (1 Cor. 1:19‑21,27‑29)
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1 Cor. 3:18‑20• 18Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.
 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness.
 20And again, The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain. (1 Cor. 3:18‑20)
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James 3:14‑16• 14but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
 15This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish.
 16For where emulation and strife are, there is disorder and every evil thing. (James 3:14‑16)
neither.
Deut. 8:17• 17--and thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has procured me this wealth. (Deut. 8:17)
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1 Sam. 17:4‑10,42• 4And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
 5And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was clothed with a corselet of scales; and the weight of the corselet was five thousand shekels of bronze.
 6And he had greaves of bronze upon his legs, and a javelin of bronze between his shoulders.
 7And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and the shield-bearer went before him.
 8And he stood and cried to the ranks of Israel, and said to them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I the Philistine, and ye servants of Saul? choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.
 9If he be able to fight with me, and to smite me, then will we be your servants; but if I overcome and smite him, then shall ye be our servants and serve us.
 10And the Philistine said, I have defied the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
 42And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was a youth, and ruddy, and besides of a beautiful countenance. (1 Sam. 17:4‑10,42)
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1 Kings 20:10‑11• 10And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me!
 11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on boast himself as he that putteth off! (1 Kings 20:10‑11)
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Psa. 33:16‑17• 16The king is not saved by the multitude of his forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
 17The horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth he deliver by his great power. (Psa. 33:16‑17)
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Isa. 10:8• 8For he saith, Are not my princes all kings? (Isa. 10:8)
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Isa. 36:8‑9• 8And now engage, I pray thee, with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
 9How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen! (Isa. 36:8‑9)
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Ezek. 29:9• 9And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste: and they shall know that I am Jehovah, because he saith, The river is mine, and I made it. (Ezek. 29:9)
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Dan. 3:15• 15Now if ye be ready at the time that ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast that same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hands? (Dan. 3:15)
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Dan. 4:30‑31,37• 30the king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
 31While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from the heavens: King Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken: The kingdom is departed from thee;
 37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Dan. 4:30‑31,37)
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Dan. 5:18‑23• 18O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;
 19and for the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he exalted, and whom he would he humbled.
 20But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto presumption, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him;
 21and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the Most High God ruleth over the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
 22And thou, Belshazzar, his son, hast not humbled thy heart, although thou knewest all this;
 23but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: (Dan. 5:18‑23)
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Amos 2:14‑16• 14And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.
 15Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and the swift of foot shall not escape, and he that rideth the horse shall not deliver his soul;
 16and he that is stout-hearted among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah. (Amos 2:14‑16)
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Acts 12:22‑23• 22And the people cried out, A god's voice and not a man's.
 23And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms. (Acts 12:22‑23)
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Job 31:24‑25• 24If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!
 25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; (Job 31:24‑25)
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Psa. 49:6‑9• 6They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. …
 7None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,
 8(For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be given up for ever,)
 9That he should still live perpetually, and not see corruption. (Psa. 49:6‑9)
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Psa. 52:6‑7• 6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
 7Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his avarice. (Psa. 52:6‑7)
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Psa. 62:10• 10Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it. (Psa. 62:10)
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Prov. 11:4• 4Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death. (Prov. 11:4)
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Ezek. 7:19• 19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an impurity: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their belly; for it hath been the stumbling-block of their iniquity. (Ezek. 7:19)
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Zeph. 1:18• 18their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for a full end, yea, a sudden end, shall he make of all them that dwell in the land. (Zeph. 1:18)
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Mark 10:24• 24And the disciples were amazed at his words. And Jesus again answering says to them, Children, how difficult it is that those who trust in riches should enter into the kingdom of God! (Mark 10:24)
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Luke 12:19‑20• 19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
 20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared? (Luke 12:19‑20)
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1 Tim. 6:10• 10For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows. (1 Tim. 6:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches: