Ezekiel 28:5

His great trading wisdom increased his riches and lifted up his heart in pride. It names wealth-fueled arrogance as the core offense.

Cross-references · 26

• Ps 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.”
• Ps 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
• Ezek 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.
• Hos 13:6When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
• Hos 12:7–8A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
• Prov 11:28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
• Jas 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.”
• 1 Tim 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.
• Deut 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,
• Job 31:24–25If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
• Prov 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
• Isa 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
• Deut 8:13–14and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,
• Dan 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.
• Rom 12:16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
• Dan 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
• Prov 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.
• Zech 9:3Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
• Luke 12:16–21Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
• 2 Chr 32:23–25Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
• Ezek 16:49Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
• 2 Chr 25:19You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
• Isa 23:8Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
• Ezek 27:12–36Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.
• Isa 10:8–14“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
• Isa 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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