"With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy trea…" — Ezekiel 28:4

Ezekiel 28:4 · KJV

“With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:”

— Ezekiel 28:4

Verse 3

Behold, thou {art} wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

Verse 5

By thy great wisdom {and} by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: {thy great...: Heb. the greatness of thy wisdom}

Ezekiel 28 — Context

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: {midst: Heb. heart}

Behold, thou {art} wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

By thy great wisdom {and} by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: {thy great...: Heb. the greatness of thy wisdom}

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

Cross References

Proverbs 23:4-5

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Proverbs 18:11

The rich man's wealth {is} his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

Deuteronomy 8:17-18

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

Ezekiel 29:3

Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I {am} against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river {is} mine own, and I have made {it} for myself.

Ecclesiastes 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.

Zechariah 9:2-4

And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion {is} fat, and their meat plenteous. {plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat}