Ezekiel 28:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries.”
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“By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:”
King James Version · Public Domain“by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“By thy wisdom and by thine understanding Thou hast made for thee wealth, And makest gold and silver in thy treasuries.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 28:4 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 8:17You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
- Proverbs 18:11A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
- Proverbs 23:4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
- Ezekiel 29:3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
- Daniel 5:11There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,
- Habakkuk 1:16Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
- Zechariah 9:2and also against Hamath,which borders it,as well as Tyre and Sidon,though they are very shrewd.
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