Jeremiah 17:11
As a partridge gathereth eggs she did not lay, [So] is he that maketh riches but not with justice,—In the midst of his days, shall he leave them, And in his latter end, prove to have been base.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
12A throne of glory, exalted from the beginning, hath been the place of our sanctuary.
Cross References
Job 20:21Nothing escaped his devouring greed,—For this cause, shall his prosperity not continue:
Proverbs 1:18Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
Proverbs 15:27He, troubleth his own house, who graspeth with greed, but, he that hateth gifts, shall live.
Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.
Proverbs 28:16A leader, may lack intelligence, yet abound in oppressions, The hater of greed, shall lengthen out days.
Proverbs 28:22A man, hasting to be rich, hath an evil eye, and knoweth not when want may overtake 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 →