BLB Jer 9

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Jer 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

wise		Job 5:12-14; Psa 49:10-13,16-18; Ecc 2:13-16,19; Ecc 9:11; Isa 5:21; Isa 10:12,13; Eze 28:2-9; Rom 1:22; 1Cr 1:19-21,27-29; 1Cr 3:18-20; Jam 3:14-16
neither		Deu 8:17; 1Sa 17:4-10,42; 1Ki 20:10,11; Psa 33:16,17; Isa 10:8; Isa 36:8,9; Eze 29:9; Dan 3:15; Dan 4:30,31,37; Dan 5:18-23; Amo 2:14-16; Act 12:22,23
rich		Job 31:24,25; Psa 49:6-9; Psa 52:6,7; Psa 62:10; Pro 11:4; Eze 7:19; Zep 1:18; Mar 10:24; Luk 12:19,20; 1Ti 6:10

Correlating Passages

wise

	Job 5:12	He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise.
	Job 5:13	He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
	Job 5:14	They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
	Psa 49:10	For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
	Psa 49:11	Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they call [their] lands after their own names.
	Psa 49:12	Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.
	Psa 49:13	This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
	Psa 49:16	Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
	Psa 49:17	For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
	Psa 49:18	Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
	Ecc 2:13	Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
	Ecc 2:14	The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
	Ecc 2:15	Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity.
	Ecc 2:16	For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.
	Ecc 2:19	And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.
	Ecc 9:11	I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
	Isa 5:21	Woe unto [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
	Isa 10:12	Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
	Isa 10:13	For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant [man]:
	Eze 28:2	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:
	Eze 28:3	Behold, thou [art] wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
	Eze 28:4	With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
	Eze 28:5	By thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
	Eze 28:6	Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
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	Rom 1:22	Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
	1Cr 1:19	For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
	1Cr 1:20	Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
	1Cr 1:21	For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
	1Cr 1:27	But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
	1Cr 1:28	And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
	1Cr 1:29	That no flesh should glory in his presence.
	1Cr 3:18	Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
	1Cr 3:19	For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
	1Cr 3:20	And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
	Jam 3:14	But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
	Jam 3:15	This wisdom descendeth not from above, but [is] earthly, sensual, devilish.
	Jam 3:16	For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion and every evil work.

neither

	Deu 8:17	And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of [mine] hand hath gotten me this wealth.
	1Sa 17:4	And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.
	1Sa 17:5	And [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of brass.
	1Sa 17:6	And [he had] greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
	1Sa 17:7	And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
	1Sa 17:8	And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set [your] battle in array? [am] not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
	1Sa 17:9	If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
	1Sa 17:10	And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
	1Sa 17:42	And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was [but] a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
	1Ki 20:10	And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
	1Ki 20:11	And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on [his harness] boast himself as he that putteth it off.
	Psa 33:16	There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
	Psa 33:17	An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength.
	Isa 10:8	For he saith, [Are] not my princes altogether kings?
	Isa 36:8	Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
	Isa 36:9	How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
	Eze 29:9	And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD: because he hath said, The river [is] mine, and I have made [it].
	Dan 3:15	Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who [is] that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
	Dan 4:30	The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
	Dan 4:31	While the word [was] in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, [saying], O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.