Jeremiah 9:22
“Amid so many passions of this body of ours, amid so many enticements of this world, who indeed can keep his footstep safe and undefiled? The eye looks back and leads the mind's perception astray, the ear hears and turns one's attention away, a whiff of fragrance hinders thought, a kiss of the mouth introduces guilt, a…”
Source: Septuagint
22Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the strong man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth;
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20For death has come up through your windows, it has entered into our land, to destroy the infants without, and the young men from the streets.
21And the carcasses of the men shall be for an example on the face of the field of your land, like grass after the mower, and there shall be none to gather them.
— Jeremiah 9:22 —
23but let him that boasts boast in this, the understanding and knowing that I am the Lord that exercise mercy, and judgment, and righteousness, upon the earth; for in these things is my pleasure, saith the Lord.
24Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will visit upon all the circumcised their uncircumcision;