Jeremiah 17:11
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
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.
Note sitteth…: or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth
As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Jeremiah 17:11
- sitteth, etc. or gathered young which she hath not broughtforth. he that.
- Jeremiah 5:27, 28; Jeremiah 22:13, 17; Proverbs 1:18, 19; Proverbs 13:11; Proverbs 15:27; Proverbs 21:6; Proverbs 28:8, 16, 20, 22; Isaiah 1:23, 24; Ezekiel 22:12, 13; Hosea 12:7, 8; Amos 3:10; Amos 8:4–6; Micah 2:1, 2, 9; Micah 6:10–12; Micah 7:3; Habakkuk 2:6–12; Zephaniah 1:9; Zechariah 5:4; Zechariah 7:9–13; Malachi 3:5; Matthew 23:14; 1 Timothy 6:9; Titus 1:11; James 5:3–5; 2 Peter 2:3, 14
- shall leave
- Psalm 55:23; Proverbs 23:5; Ecclesiastes 5:13–16
- a fool
- Luke 12:20