Jeremiah 9:23

23 Here is what ADONAI says: "The wise man should not boast of his wisdom, the powerful should not boast of his power, the wealthy should not boast of his wealth;

Jeremiah 9:23 In-Context

21 "Death has come up through our windows, it has entered our palaces, it has cut down children in the streets and young people in the public places."
22 Say: "Here is what ADONAI says: 'The corpses of people are scattered like dung in an open field, like sheaves left behind by the reaper with no one to gather them.'"
23 Here is what ADONAI says: "The wise man should not boast of his wisdom, the powerful should not boast of his power, the wealthy should not boast of his wealth;
24 instead, let the boaster boast about this: that he understands and knows me - that I am ADONAI, practicing grace, justice and righteousness in the land; for in these things I take pleasure," says ADONAI.
25 "The days are coming," says ADONAI, "when I will punish all those who have been circumcised in their uncircumcision -
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