Ezekiel 28:5
By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”
World English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6“‘therefore the Lord GOD says: “Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:13and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;
2 Kings 14:10You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you fall, even you, and Judah with you?”
2 Chronicles 32:23Many brought gifts to the LORD to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from then on.
Psalms 52:7“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.
Proverbs 26:12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 28:2-11
Fall of the Prince of Tyre. ( b. c. 588.) 1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God ; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: 3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: 4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee… Read the whole commentary →