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 middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.

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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

10“I, the 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 didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.

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

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

Proverbs 23:5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Proverbs 28:16A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

Proverbs 28:22A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for 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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