Devine Scripture

Jeremiah 17:11

Jeremiah chapter 17 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

Context

v.10I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

v.11This passage

v.12A glorious throne, seton high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 22:12

    In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • Malachi 3:5

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

  • Isaiah 1:23

    Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

  • Proverbs 21:6

    The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

  • Amos 8:4

    Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

  • James 5:3

    Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days.