Ezekiel 28:2
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2 Mortal, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God:
Because your heart is proud
and you have said, “I am a god;
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,”
yet you are but a mortal and no god,
though you compare your mind
with the mind of a god.(A)
Ezekiel 28:9
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9 Will you still say, “I am a god,”
in the presence of those who kill you,
though you are but a mortal and no god,
in the hands of those who pierce you?
2 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God.(A)
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Isaiah 31:3
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3 The Egyptians are human and not God;
their horses are flesh and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,
the helper will stumble, and the one helped will fall,
and they will all perish together.(A)
Isaiah 14:13-14
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13 You said to yourself,
“I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
on the heights of Zaphon;[a](A)
14 I will ascend to the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”(B)
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- 14.13 Or assembly in the far north
Psalm 9:20
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20 Put them in fear, O Lord;
let the nations know that they are only human. Selah(A)
1 Peter 5:5
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5 In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders.[a] And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”(A)
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- 5.5 Or of those who are older
1 Timothy 3:6
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6 He must not be a recent convert,[a] or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
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- 3.6 Gk neophyte
Acts 12:22-23
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22 The people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a mortal!” 23 And immediately, because he had not given the glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.(A)
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Habakkuk 2:4
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4 Look at the proud!
Their spirit is not right in them,
but the righteous live by their faithfulness.(A)
Daniel 5:22-23
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22 And you, Belshazzar his son, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this!(A) 23 You have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven! The vessels of his temple have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have been drinking wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose power is your very breath and to whom belong all your ways, you have not honored.(B)
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Daniel 4:30-31
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30 and the king said, “Is this not magnificent Babylon, which I have built as a royal capital by my mighty power and for my glorious majesty?”(A) 31 While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came down from heaven: “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: The kingdom is taken from you!(B)
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Ezekiel 31:10
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10 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because it[a] towered high and set its top among the clouds and its heart was proud of its height,(A)
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- 31.10 Syr Vg: Heb you
Ezekiel 28:17
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17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;
you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I exposed you before kings,
to feast their eyes on you.(A)
Ezekiel 28:12-14
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12 Mortal, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him: Thus says the Lord God:
You were the signet of perfection,[a]
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.(A)
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God;
every precious stone was your covering,
carnelian, chrysolite, and moonstone,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,[b] turquoise, and emerald;
and worked in gold were your settings
and your engravings.[c]
On the day that you were created
they were prepared.(B)
14 You were a cherub;[d]
I placed you on the holy mountain of God;
you walked among the stones of fire.(C)
Ezekiel 28:5-6
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5 By your great wisdom in trade
you have increased your wealth,
and your heart has become proud in your wealth.(A)
6 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
Because you compare your mind
with the mind of a god,(B)
Ezekiel 27:26-27
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26 Your rowers have brought you
into the high seas.
The east wind has wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.(A)
27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your sailors and your pilots,
your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
and all your warriors within you,
with all the company
that is with you,
sink into the heart of the seas
on the day of your ruin.(B)
Ezekiel 27:3-4
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3 and say to Tyre, which sits at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands: Thus says the Lord God:
O Tyre, you have said,
“I am perfect in beauty.”(A)
4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas;
your builders made perfect your beauty.(B)
Isaiah 2:12
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12 For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up and high;[a](A)
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- 2.12 Cn Compare Gk: Heb low
Proverbs 18:12
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12 Before destruction one’s heart is haughty,
but humility goes before honor.(A)
Proverbs 16:18
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18 Pride goes before destruction
and a haughty spirit before a fall.(A)
2 Chronicles 26:16
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Pride and Apostasy
16 But when he had become strong he grew proud, to his destruction. For he acted unfaithfully toward the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to make offering on the altar of incense.(A)
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Deuteronomy 8:14
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14 then do not exalt yourself, forgetting the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,(A)
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Genesis 3:5
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5 for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,[a] knowing good and evil.”
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- 3.5 Or gods
Revelation 17:3
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3 So he carried me away in the spirit[a] into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns.(A)
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- 17.3 Or in the Spirit
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