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Ezekiel 28:5

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּרֹ֧בbe.Roby [the] greatness ofH7230 →
חָכְמָתְךָ֛cha.khe.ma.te.Khaskill yourH2451 →
בִּרְכֻלָּתְךָ֖bir.khu.la.te.Khaby trading yourH7404 →
הִרְבִּ֣יתָhir.Bi.tayou have increasedH7235 →
חֵילֶ֑ךָchei.Le.khawealth yourH2428 →
וַיִּגְבַּ֥הּvai.yig.Bahand it has been haughtyH1361 →
לְבָבְךָ֖le.va.ve.Khaheart yourH3824 →
בְּחֵילֶֽךָ׃ סbe.chei.Le.khain wealth yourH2428 →

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Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.Ezekiel 28:17Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.Hosea 13:6When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.Hosea 12:7–8A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.James 4:13–14Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”Proverbs 11:28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.Deuteronomy 6:11–12with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,Deuteronomy 8:13–14and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,Job 31:24–25If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,Romans 12:16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.Proverbs 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.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.Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.Isaiah 23:3On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.

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About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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