Ezekiel 28:2
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2 (A)“Son of man, say to (B)the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:
(C)“Because your heart is proud,
and (D)you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet (E)you are but a man, and no god,
(F)though you make your heart like the heart of a god—
Ezekiel 28:9
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9 (A)Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you,
though (B)you are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?
2 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, (A)proclaiming himself to be God.
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Isaiah 31:3
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3 The Egyptians are man, and not God,
and their horses (A)are flesh, and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,
the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall,
and they will all perish together.
Isaiah 14:13-14
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13 You said in your heart,
(A)‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
(B)I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
in the far reaches of the north;[a]
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:13 Or in the remote parts of Zaphon
Psalm 9:20
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20 Put them in fear, O Lord!
Let the nations know that they are but (A)men! Selah
Proverbs 16:18
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18 (A)Pride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.
1 Peter 5:5
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5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. (A)Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for (B)“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
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1 Timothy 3:6
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6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may (A)become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
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Acts 12:22-23
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22 And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!” 23 Immediately (A)an angel of the Lord struck him down, because (B)he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
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Habakkuk 2:4
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4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but (A)the righteous shall live by his faith.[a]
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:4 Or faithfulness
Daniel 5:22-23
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22 And you his son,[a] (A)Belshazzar, (B)have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, 23 but you have lifted up yourself against (C)the Lord of heaven. And (D)the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. (E)And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, (F)but the God in whose hand is your breath, and (G)whose are all your ways, (H)you have not honored.
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- Daniel 5:22 Or successor
Daniel 4:30-31
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30 and the king answered and said, (A)“Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by (B)my mighty power as a royal residence and for (C)the glory of my majesty?” 31 (D)While the words were still in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you,
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Ezekiel 31:10
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10 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because (A)it[a] towered high and set its top among the clouds,[b] and (B)its heart was proud of its height,
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- Ezekiel 31:10 Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew you
- Ezekiel 31:10 Or its top through the thick boughs
Ezekiel 28:17
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17 (A)Your heart was proud because of (B)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.
Ezekiel 28:12-14
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12 (A)“Son of man, (B)raise a lamentation over (C)the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:
“You were the signet of perfection,[a]
(D)full of wisdom and (E)perfect in beauty.
13 You were in (F)Eden, the garden of God;
(G)every precious stone was your covering,
(H)sardius, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,[b] (I)emerald, and carbuncle;
and crafted in gold were your settings
and your engravings.[c]
(J)On the day that you were created
they were prepared.
14 You were an anointed (K)guardian cherub.
I placed you;[d] you were on (L)the holy mountain of God;
in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 28:12 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
- Ezekiel 28:13 Or lapis lazuli
- Ezekiel 28:13 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
- Ezekiel 28:14 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
Ezekiel 28:5-6
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5 by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and (A)your heart has become proud in your wealth—
6 therefore thus says the Lord God:
(B)Because you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
Ezekiel 27:26-27
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26 “Your rowers have brought you out
into the high seas.
(A)The east wind has wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.
27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners and (B)your pilots,
(C)your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
and all your men of war who are in you,
with all your crew
that is in your midst,
sink into the heart of the seas
(D)on the day of your fall.
Ezekiel 27:3-4
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3 and say to Tyre, who dwells at (A)the entrances to the sea, (B)merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:
“O Tyre, you have said,
‘I am (C)perfect in beauty.’
4 Your borders are (D)in the heart of the seas;
your builders made perfect your beauty.
Isaiah 2:12
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12 (A)For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;
Proverbs 18:12
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2 Chronicles 26:16
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Uzziah's Pride and Punishment
16 But when (A)he was strong, (B)he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered 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)then your heart be lifted up, and you (B)forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,
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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, knowing good and evil.”
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