Jeremiah 17:11
As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right: in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and in his latter end he shall be a fool.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12A high and glorious throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctification:
Cross References
Job 20:21There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods:
Proverbs 1:18And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
Proverbs 15:27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: but he that hateth bribes shall live. By mercy and faith sins are purged away: and by the fear of the Lord every one declineth from evil.
Proverbs 23:5Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.
Proverbs 28:16A prince void of prudence shall oppress many by calumny: but he that hateth covetousness, shall prolong his days.
Proverbs 28:22A man, that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant 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 →