Ezekiel 7:10
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10 See, the day! See, it comes!
Your doom[a] has gone out.
The rod has blossomed; pride has budded.
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- 7.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 10:5
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Arrogant Assyria Also Judged
5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger—
the club in their hands is my fury!(A)
James 4:6
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6 But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”(A)
1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!(A)
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Proverbs 14:3
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- 14.3 Cn: Heb a rod of pride
Numbers 17:8
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8 When Moses went into the tent of the covenant on the next day, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted. It put forth buds, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
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Daniel 4:37
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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven,
for all his works are truth,
and his ways are justice;
he is able to bring low
those who walk in pride.(A)
Ezekiel 21:13
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13 For consider: What! If you despise the rod, will it not happen?[a] says the Lord God.
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- 21.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Ezekiel 21:10
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10 it is sharpened for slaughter,
honed to flash like lightning!
How can we make merry?
You have despised the rod
and all discipline.[a]
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- 21.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Ezekiel 19:14
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14 And fire has gone out from its stem,
has consumed its branches and fruit,
so that there remains in it no strong stem,
no scepter for ruling.
This is a lamentation, and it is used as a lamentation.(A)
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Ezekiel 7:6
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6 An end has come; the end has come.
It has awakened against you; see, it comes!
Isaiah 28:1
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Judgment on Corrupt Rulers, Priests, and Prophets
28 Woe to the proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim
and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
at the head of the fertile valley,
those overcome with wine!(A)
Proverbs 16:18
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18 Pride goes before destruction
and a haughty spirit before a fall.(A)
Psalm 89:32
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32 then I will punish their transgression with the rod
and their iniquity with scourges,(A)
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