Ezekiel 28:2
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2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
“Because your heart is (A)lifted[a] up,
And (B)you say, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods,
(C)In the midst of the seas,’
(D)Yet you are a man, and not a god,
Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
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- Ezekiel 28:2 Proud
Ezekiel 28:9
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9 “Will you still (A)say before him who slays you,
‘I am a god’?
But you shall be a man, and not a god,
In the hand of him who slays you.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 who opposes and (A)exalts himself (B)above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits [a]as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
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- 2 Thessalonians 2:4 NU omits as God
Isaiah 14:13-14
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13 For you have said in your heart:
(A)‘I will ascend into heaven,
(B)I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the (C)mount of the congregation
(D)On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
(E)I will be like the Most High.’
Isaiah 31:3
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3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God;
And their horses are flesh, and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out His hand,
Both he who helps will fall,
And he who is helped will fall down;
They all will perish (A)together.
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 9:20
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20 Put them in fear, O Lord,
That the [a]nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah
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- Psalm 9:20 Gentiles
Acts 12:22-23
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22 And the people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a man!” 23 Then immediately an angel of the Lord (A)struck him, because (B)he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and [a]died.
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- Acts 12:23 breathed his last
1 Peter 5:5
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Submit to God, Resist the Devil
5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, (A)all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for
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1 Timothy 3:6
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6 not a [a]novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
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- 1 Timothy 3:6 new convert
Habakkuk 2:4
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4 “Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the (A)just shall live by his faith.
Daniel 5:22-23
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22 “But you his son, Belshazzar, (A)have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this. 23 (B)And you have [a]lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the (C)vessels of [b]His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, (D)which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand (E)and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.
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- Daniel 5:23 Exalted
- Daniel 5:23 The temple
Daniel 4:30-31
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30 The king (A)spoke, saying, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?”
31 (B)While the word was still in the king’s mouth, (C)a voice fell from heaven: “King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: the kingdom has departed from you!
Ezekiel 31:10
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10 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have increased in height, and it set its top among the thick boughs, and (A)its heart was [a]lifted up in its height,
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- Ezekiel 31:10 Proud
Ezekiel 28:17
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17 “Your (A)heart was [a]lifted up because of your beauty;
You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;
I cast you to the ground,
I laid you before kings,
That they might gaze at you.
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- Ezekiel 28:17 Proud
Ezekiel 28:12-14
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12 “Son of man, (A)take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
(B)“You were the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in (C)Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering:
The sardius, topaz, and diamond,
Beryl, onyx, and jasper,
Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.
The workmanship of (D)your timbrels and pipes
Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
14 “You were the anointed (E)cherub who covers;
I established you;
You were on (F)the holy mountain of God;
You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
Ezekiel 28:5-6
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5 (A)By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches,
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”
6 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,
Ezekiel 27:26-27
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26 Your oarsmen brought you into many waters,
But (A)the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas.
27 “Your (B)riches, wares, and merchandise,
Your mariners and pilots,
Your caulkers and merchandisers,
All your men of war who are in you,
And the entire company which is in your midst,
Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin.
Ezekiel 27:3-4
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3 and say to Tyre, (A)‘You who [a]are situated at the entrance of the sea, (B)merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:
“O Tyre, you have said,
(C)‘I am perfect in beauty.’
4 Your borders are in the midst of the seas.
Your builders have perfected your beauty.
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- Ezekiel 27:3 Lit. sit or dwell
Isaiah 2:12
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12 For the day of the Lord of hosts
Shall come upon everything proud and lofty,
Upon everything lifted up—
And it shall be brought low—
Proverbs 18:12
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12 (A)Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty,
And before honor is humility.
2 Chronicles 26:16
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The Penalty for Uzziah’s Pride(A)
16 But (B)when he was strong his heart was (C)lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the Lord his God (D)by entering the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
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Deuteronomy 8:14
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14 (A)when your heart [a]is lifted up, and you (B)forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
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- Deuteronomy 8:14 becomes proud
Genesis 3:5
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5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
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Revelation 17:3
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3 So he carried me away in the Spirit (A)into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting (B)on a scarlet beast which was full of (C)names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
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