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Ezekiel 28:5

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By thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

By thy great {H7230} wisdom {H2451} and by thy traffick {H7404} hast thou increased {H7235} thy riches {H2428}, and thine heart {H3824} is lifted up {H1361} because of thy riches {H2428}:

By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and it is because of your wealth that you have become so proud.

By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.

by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches;—

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 62:10 (6 votes)

    Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].

  • Psalms 52:7 (6 votes)

    Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • Ezekiel 28:2 (5 votes)

    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:

  • Hosea 13:6 (5 votes)

    According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

  • James 4:13 (4 votes)

    Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

  • James 4:14 (4 votes)

    Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

  • Hosea 12:7 (4 votes)

    ¶ [He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.