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Deuteronomy 8:17

You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”

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ASV

and lest thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.

KJV

And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559 →
בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָbil.va.Ve.khain heart yourH3824 →
כֹּחִי֙ko.Chistrength myH3581 →
וְעֹ֣צֶםve.'O.tzemand [the] might ofH6108 →
יָדִ֔יya.Dihand myH3027 →
עָ֥שָׂה'A.sahit has acquiredH6213 →
לִ֖יlifor <the> me
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַחַ֥יִלha.Cha.yilthe wealthH2428 →
הַזֶּֽה׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →

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Judges 7:2Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’Deuteronomy 9:4When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”Isaiah 10:8–14“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.Genesis 49:25by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.Hosea 12:8And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”Deuteronomy 7:17You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”2 Chronicles 26:16But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.Ezekiel 29:3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’Isaiah 10:13For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.Habakkuk 1:16Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.2 Chronicles 32:25But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.Jeremiah 13:22And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.1 Samuel 25:11Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”

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