Ezekiel 28:5
by your great wisdom and by your traffic you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches"-
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6therefore thus says the Lord God: "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 should 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 thenceforth.
Psalms 52:7"Behold, this is the man who did not 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 →