23 This is what Jehovah has said: “Let not the wise man brag about himself because of his wisdom,+ and let not the mighty man brag about himself because of his mightiness.+ Let not the rich man brag about himself because of his riches.”+

19 “‘Into the streets they will throw their very silver, and an abhorrent thing their own gold will become. Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah’s fury.+ Their souls they will not satisfy, and their intestines they will not fill, for it has become a stumbling block causing their error.+

13 “YOU people have plowed wickedness.+ Unrighteousness is what YOU have reaped.+ YOU have eaten the fruitage of deception,+ for you have trusted in your way,+ in the multitude of your mighty ones.+