Isaiah 23:9
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9 The Lord of hosts has purposed it,
(A)to defile the pompous pride of all glory,[a]
to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:9 The Hebrew words for glory and hosts sound alike
Isaiah 13:11
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11 I will punish (A)the world for its evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will (B)put an end to the pomp of the arrogant,
(C)and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.
James 4:6
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6 But (A)he gives more grace. Therefore it says, (B)“God opposes the proud but (C)gives grace to the humble.”
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Daniel 4:37
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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, (A)praise and extol and honor the (B)King of heaven, (C)for all his works are right and his ways are just; and (D)those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
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Isaiah 2:11
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11 (A)The haughty looks of man shall be brought low,
and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
Job 40:11-12
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11 Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on everyone who is (A)proud and abase him.
12 Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low
and (B)tread down the wicked (C)where they stand.
Ephesians 3:11
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11 This was (A)according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,
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Ephesians 1:11
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11 In him we have obtained (A)an inheritance, (B)having been predestined (C)according to the purpose of him who works all things according to (D)the counsel of his will,
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1 Corinthians 1:26-29
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26 For consider your calling, brothers: (A)not many of you were wise according to worldly standards,[a] not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But (B)God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; (C)God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even (D)things that are not, to (E)bring to nothing things that are, 29 so (F)that no human being[b] might boast in the presence of God.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:26 Greek according to the flesh
- 1 Corinthians 1:29 Greek no flesh
Acts 4:28
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28 (A)to do whatever your hand and (B)your plan had predestined to take place.
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Malachi 4:1
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The Great Day of the Lord
4 [a] “For behold, (A)the day is coming, (B)burning like an oven, when (C)all the arrogant and (D)all evildoers (E)will be stubble. The day that is coming (F)shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
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- Malachi 4:1 Ch 4:1–6 is ch 3:19–24 in Hebrew
Jeremiah 51:62
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62 and say, ‘O Lord, you have said concerning this place that you will cut it off, so (A)that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be (B)desolate forever.’
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Jeremiah 47:6-7
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6 (A)Ah, sword of the Lord!
How long till you are quiet?
Put yourself into your scabbard;
rest and be still!
7 How can it[a] be quiet
(B)when the Lord has given it a charge?
Against (C)Ashkelon and against the seashore
(D)he has appointed it.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 47:7 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew you
Isaiah 46:10-11
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10 (A)declaring the end from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
11 (C)calling a bird of prey from the east,
the man of my counsel from a far country.
(D)I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have purposed, and I will do it.
Isaiah 14:27
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27 (A)For the Lord of hosts has purposed,
and who will annul it?
(B)His hand is stretched out,
and who will turn it back?
Isaiah 14:24
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An Oracle Concerning Assyria
24 The Lord of hosts has sworn:
(A)“As I have planned,
so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand,
Isaiah 10:33
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33 Behold, the Lord God of hosts
(A)will lop (B)the boughs with terrifying power;
the great in height will be hewn down,
and the lofty will be brought low.
Isaiah 9:15
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Isaiah 5:15-16
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15 (A)Man is humbled, and each one is brought low,
and the eyes of the haughty[a] are brought low.
16 (B)But the Lord of hosts is exalted[b] in justice,
and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:15 Hebrew high
- Isaiah 5:16 Hebrew high
Isaiah 5:13
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13 Therefore my people go into exile
(A)for lack of knowledge;[a]
their (B)honored men go hungry,[b]
and their multitude is parched with thirst.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:13 Or without their knowledge
- Isaiah 5:13 Or die of hunger
Isaiah 2:17
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17 (A)And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,
and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
Psalm 107:40
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Job 12:21
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21 He (A)pours contempt on princes
and loosens the belt of the strong.
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