The most stupid fool is better off than those who think they are wise when they are not.

You are doomed! You think you are wise, so very clever.

Have the same concern for everyone. Do not be proud, but accept humble duties. Do not think of yourselves as wise.

"You did business in Spain and took silver, iron, tin, and lead in payment for your abundant goods.

You sold your goods for workhorses, war-horses, and mules from Beth Togarmah.

The people of Syria bought your merchandise and your many products. They gave emeralds, purple cloth, embroidery, fine linen, coral, and rubies in payment for your wares.

The people of Damascus bought your merchandise and your products, paying for them with wine from Helbon and wool from Sahar. They traded wrought iron and spices for your goods.

The people of Dedan traded saddle blankets for your goods.

For your goods the merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded jewels, gold, and the finest spices.

They sold you luxurious clothing, purple cloth, and embroidery, brightly colored carpets, and well-made cords and ropes.

When your oarsmen brought you out to sea, An east wind wrecked you far from land.

The shouts of the drowning sailors Echoed on the shore.

They all mourn bitterly for you, Throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes.

They chant a funeral song for you: 'Who can be compared to Tyre, To Tyre now silent in the sea?

Now you are wrecked in the sea; You have sunk to the ocean depths. Your goods and all who worked for you Have vanished with you in the sea.'

You are gone, gone forever, and merchants all over the world are terrified, afraid that they will share your fate."

Don't put your trust in violence; don't hope to gain anything by robbery; even if your riches increase, don't depend on them.

across the sea to buy and sell the grain that grew in Egypt and to do business with all the nations.

Who was it that planned to bring all this on Tyre, that imperial city, whose merchant princes were the most honored men on earth?

The LORD says, "The people of Israel are as dishonest as the Canaanites; they love to cheat their customers with false scales.

'We are rich,' they say. 'We've made a fortune. And no one can accuse us of getting rich dishonestly.'

Tyre has built fortifications for herself and has piled up so much silver and gold that it is as common as dirt!

Now listen to me, you that say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to a certain city, where we will stay a year and go into business and make a lot of money."

You don't even know what your life tomorrow will be! You are like a puff of smoke, which appears for a moment and then disappears.

"Mortal man," he said, "tell the ruler of Tyre what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying to him: Puffed up with pride, you claim to be a god. You say that like a god you sit on a throne, surrounded by the seas. You may pretend to be a god, but, no, you are mortal, not divine.

She and her daughters were proud because they had plenty to eat and lived in peace and quiet, but they did not take care of the poor and the underprivileged.

The houses will be full of good things which you did not put in them, and there will be wells that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant. When the LORD brings you into this land and you have all you want to eat,

make certain that you do not forget the LORD who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.

and when your cattle and sheep, your silver and gold, and all your other possessions have increased,

be sure that you do not become proud and forget the LORD your God who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.

Now Amaziah, you boast that you have defeated the Edomites, but I advise you to stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and your people?"

Many people came to Jerusalem, bringing offerings to the LORD and gifts to Hezekiah, so that from then on all the nations held Hezekiah in honor.

But Hezekiah was too proud to show gratitude for what the LORD had done for him, and Judah and Jerusalem suffered for it.

I have never trusted in riches

or taken pride in my wealth.

"Look, here is someone who did not depend on God for safety, but trusted instead in great wealth and looked for security in being wicked."

Don't put your trust in violence; don't hope to gain anything by robbery; even if your riches increase, don't depend on them.

Those who depend on their wealth will fall like the leaves of autumn, but the righteous will prosper like the leaves of summer.

If I have more, I might say that I do not need you. But if I am poor, I might steal and bring disgrace on my God.

He boasts, "Every one of my commanders is a king!

I reached out to punish those kingdoms that worship idols, idols more numerous than those of Jerusalem and Samaria.

But the Lord says, "When I finish what I am doing on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the emperor of Assyria for all his boasting and all his pride."

The nations of the world were like a bird's nest, and I gathered their wealth as easily as gathering eggs. Not a wing fluttered to scare me off; no beak opened to scream at me!"

he said, "Look how great Babylon is! I built it as my capital city to display my power and might, my glory and majesty."

"And now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, honor, and glorify the King of Heaven. Everything he does is right and just, and he can humble anyone who acts proudly."

But when you entered the good land, you became full and satisfied, and then you grew proud and forgot me.

Then Jesus told them this parable: "There was once a rich man who had land which bore good crops.

This is what I will do,' he told himself; 'I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I will store the grain and all my other goods.

But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself ? ' "

Command those who are rich in the things of this life not to be proud, but to place their hope, not in such an uncertain thing as riches, but in God, who generously gives us everything for our enjoyment.