Isaiah 16:6
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6 We have heard of the pride of Moab
—how proud he is!—
of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
his boasts are false.(A)
Amos 2:1
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2 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Moab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because he burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.(A)
Footnotes
- 2.1 Heb cause it to return
Obadiah 3-4
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3 Your proud heart has deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,[a]
whose dwelling is in the heights.
You say in your heart,
“Who will bring me down to the ground?”(A)
4 Though you soar aloft like the eagle,
though your nest is set among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,
says the Lord.(B)
Footnotes
- 3 Or clefts of Sela
Jeremiah 48:29-30
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29 We have heard of the pride of Moab—
he is very proud—
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart.(A)
30 I myself know his insolence, says the Lord;
his boasts are false;
his deeds are false.(B)
Zephaniah 2:8-10
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8 I have heard the taunts of Moab
and the revilings of the Ammonites,
how they have taunted my people
and made boasts against their territory.(A)
9 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel,
Moab shall become like Sodom
and the Ammonites like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits
and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.(B)
10 This shall be their lot in return for their pride,
because they scoffed and boasted
against the people of the Lord of hosts.(C)
Jeremiah 48:42
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42 Moab shall be destroyed as a people,
because he magnified himself against the Lord.(A)
Jeremiah 48:26
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26 Make him drunk because he magnified himself against the Lord; let Moab wallow in his vomit; he, too, shall become a laughingstock.(A)
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Isaiah 44:25
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25 who frustrates the omens of soothsayers
and makes fools of diviners;
who turns back the wise
and makes their knowledge foolish;(A)
Isaiah 28:18
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18 Then your covenant with death will be annulled,
and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be beaten down by it.(A)
Isaiah 28:15
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15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;(A)
Isaiah 2:11
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11 The haughty eyes of people shall be brought low,
and the pride of everyone shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.(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)
Footnotes
- 5.5 Or of those who are older
Jeremiah 50:36
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36 A sword against the diviners,
so that they may become fools!
A sword against her warriors,
so that they may be dismayed!(A)
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