Isaiah 23:9
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9 The Lord of hosts has (A)purposed it,
To [a]bring to dishonor the (B)pride of all glory,
To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:9 pollute
Isaiah 13:11
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11 “I will (A)punish the world for its evil,
And the wicked for their iniquity;
(B)I will halt the arrogance of the proud,
And will lay low the haughtiness of the [a]terrible.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:11 Or tyrants
James 4:6
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6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
(A)“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
Isaiah 2:11
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11 The [a]lofty looks of man shall be (A)humbled,
The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down,
And the Lord alone shall be exalted (B)in that day.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 2:11 proud
Job 40:11-12
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11 Disperse the rage of your wrath;
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
12 Look on everyone who is (A)proud, and bring him low;
Tread down the wicked in their place.
Daniel 4:37
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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, (A)praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, (B)all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. (C)And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.
Ephesians 3:11
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11 (A)according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,
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Ephesians 1:11
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11 (A)In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to (B)the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
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1 Corinthians 1:26-29
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Glory Only in the Lord
26 For [a]you see your calling, brethren, (A)that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many [b]noble, are called. 27 But (B)God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the [c]base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:26 consider
- 1 Corinthians 1:26 well-born
- 1 Corinthians 1:28 insignificant or lowly
Acts 4:28
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28 (A)to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
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Malachi 4:1
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The Great Day of God
4 “For behold, (A)the day is coming,
Burning like an oven,
And all (B)the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be (C)stubble.
And the day which is coming shall burn them up,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“That will (D)leave them neither root nor branch.
Jeremiah 51:62
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62 then you shall say, ‘O Lord, You have spoken against this place to cut it off, so that (A)none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but it shall be desolate forever.’
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Jeremiah 47:6-7
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6 “O you (A)sword of the Lord,
How long until you are quiet?
Put yourself up into your scabbard,
Rest and be still!
7 How can [a]it be quiet,
Seeing the Lord has (B)given it a charge
Against Ashkelon and against the seashore?
There He has (C)appointed it.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 47:7 Lit. you
Isaiah 46:10-11
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10 (A)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
11 Calling a bird of prey (C)from the east,
The man (D)who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed (E)I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.
Isaiah 14:27
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27 For the Lord of hosts has (A)purposed,
And who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
And who will turn it back?”
Isaiah 14:24
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Assyria Destroyed
24 The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying,
“Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass,
And as I have purposed, so it shall (A)stand:
Isaiah 10:33
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33 Behold, the Lord,
The Lord of hosts,
Will lop off the bough with terror;
(A)Those of high stature will be hewn down,
And the haughty will be humbled.
Isaiah 9:15
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15 The elder and honorable, he is the head;
The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
Isaiah 5:15-16
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15 People shall be brought down,
(A)Each man shall be humbled,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.
16 But the Lord of hosts shall be (B)exalted in judgment,
And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.
Isaiah 5:13
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13 (A)Therefore my people have gone into captivity,
Because they have no (B)knowledge;
Their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude dried up with thirst.
Isaiah 2:17
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17 The [a]loftiness of man shall be bowed down,
And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low;
The Lord alone will be exalted in that day,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 2:17 pride
Psalm 107:40
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40 (A)He pours contempt on princes,
And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;
Job 12:21
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Footnotes
- Job 12:21 loosens the belt of
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