Jeremiah 17:11

[As] the partridge sitteth on [eggs] it hath not laid, [so] is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.

Darby Translation

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 Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

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

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Cross References

Job 20:21Nothing escaped his greediness; 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 that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Proverbs 23:5wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

Proverbs 28:16The prince void of intelligence is also a great oppressor: he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.

Proverbs 28:22He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty 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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