Jeremiah 17:11

Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”

Majority Standard Bible

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, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

12A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.

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Cross References

Job 20:21Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.

Proverbs 1:18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

Proverbs 15:27He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Proverbs 28:16A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.

Proverbs 28:22A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits 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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