1 Samuel 17:10
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10 And the Philistine said, “I (A)defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.”
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2 Samuel 21:21
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21 So when he (A)defied Israel, Jonathan the son of [a]Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.
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- 2 Samuel 21:21 Shammah, 1 Sam. 16:9 and elsewhere
1 Samuel 17:45
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45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. (A)But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have (B)defied.
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1 Samuel 17:36
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36 Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.”
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1 Samuel 17:25-26
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25 So the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, (A)will give him his daughter, and give his father’s house exemption from taxes in Israel.”
26 Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away (B)the reproach from Israel? For who is this (C)uncircumcised Philistine, that he should (D)defy the armies of (E)the living God?”
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Job 40:9-12
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9 Have you an arm like God?
Or can you thunder with (A)a voice like His?
10 (B)Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
And array yourself with glory and beauty.
11 Disperse the rage of your wrath;
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
12 Look on everyone who is (C)proud, and bring him low;
Tread down the wicked in their place.
Nehemiah 2:19
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19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed at us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? (A)Will you rebel against the king?”
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Numbers 23:7-8
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7 And he (A)took up his [a]oracle and said:
“Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram,
From the mountains of the east.
(B)‘Come, curse Jacob for me,
And come, (C)denounce Israel!’
8 “How(D) shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
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- Numbers 23:7 prophetic discourse
Daniel 4:37
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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, (A)praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, (B)all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. (C)And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.
Jeremiah 9:23
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23 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
Let not the mighty man glory in his (B)might,
Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;
Proverbs 16:18
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18 Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before [a]a fall.
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- Proverbs 16:18 stumbling
Psalm 9:4-5
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4 For You have maintained my right and my cause;
You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.
5 You have rebuked the [a]nations,
You have destroyed the wicked;
You have (A)blotted out their name forever and ever.
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- Psalm 9:5 Gentiles
2 Samuel 23:9
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9 And after him was (A)Eleazar the son of [a]Dodo, the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel had retreated.
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- 2 Samuel 23:9 Dodai, 1 Chr. 27:4
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