Jeremiah 17:11

As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10I, LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

12A glorious throne, [set] on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.

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Cross References

Job 20:21There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

Proverbs 1:18and these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

Proverbs 15:27He who is greedy of gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.

Proverbs 23:5Will thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For it certainly makes itself wings, like an eagle that flies toward heaven.

Proverbs 28:16The ruler who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, [but] he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.

Proverbs 28:22He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 17:6-12

True and False Confidence; Deceitfulness of the Heart; Unlawful Gains. ( b. c. 605.) 5 Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord . 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord , and whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,… Read the whole commentary →

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