Jeremiah 17:11

A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, [Is] one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end — he is a fool.

Young's Literal Translation

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 Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

12A throne of honour on high from the beginning, The place of our sanctuary,

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Cross References

Job 20:21There is not a remnant to his food, Therefore his good doth not stay.

Proverbs 1:18And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

Proverbs 15:27A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.

Proverbs 23:5For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

Proverbs 28:16A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.

Proverbs 28:22Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet 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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