Ezekiel 31:10
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10 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because Egypt[a] became proud and arrogant, and because it set itself so high above the others, with its top reaching to the clouds,
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- 31:10 Hebrew you.
Daniel 5:20
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20 But when his heart and mind were puffed up with arrogance, he was brought down from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
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Ezekiel 28:17
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17 Your heart was filled with pride
because of all your beauty.
Your wisdom was corrupted
by your love of splendor.
So I threw you to the ground
and exposed you to the curious gaze of kings.
2 Chronicles 32:25
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25 But Hezekiah did not respond appropriately to the kindness shown him, and he became proud. So the Lord’s anger came against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.
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James 4:6
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6 And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say,
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”[a]
Matthew 23:12
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12 But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
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Obadiah 3
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3 You have been deceived by your own pride
because you live in a rock fortress
and make your home high in the mountains.
‘Who can ever reach us way up here?’
you ask boastfully.
Daniel 4:30
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30 As he looked out across the city, he said, ‘Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor.’
Ezekiel 31:14
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14 Let the tree of no other nation
proudly exult in its own prosperity,
though it be higher than the clouds
and it be watered from the depths.
For all are doomed to die,
to go down to the depths of the earth.
They will land in the pit
along with everyone else on earth.
Isaiah 14:13-15
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13 For you said to yourself,
‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God’s stars.
I will preside on the mountain of the gods
far away in the north.[a]
14 I will climb to the highest heavens
and be like the Most High.’
15 Instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead,
down to its lowest depths.
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- 14:13 Or on the heights of Zaphon.
Isaiah 10:12
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12 After the Lord has used the king of Assyria to accomplish his purposes on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will turn against the king of Assyria and punish him—for he is proud and arrogant.
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Proverbs 18:12
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12 Haughtiness goes before destruction;
humility precedes honor.
Proverbs 16:18
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18 Pride goes before destruction,
and haughtiness before a fall.
Job 11:11-12
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11 For he knows those who are false,
and he takes note of all their sins.
12 An empty-headed person won’t become wise
any more than a wild donkey can bear a human child.[a]
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- 11:12 Or than a wild male donkey can bear a tame colt.
2 Chronicles 25:19
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19 “You are saying, ‘I have defeated Edom,’ and you are very proud of it. But my advice is to stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and the people of Judah?”
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