James 4:16
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16 But now you boast in your arrogance. (A)All such boasting is evil.
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1 Corinthians 5:6
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6 (A)Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that (B)a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
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Proverbs 27:1
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My Son, Be Wise
27 Do(A) not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Psalm 52:7
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7 “Here is the man who did not make God his strength,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his [a]wickedness.”
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- Psalm 52:7 Lit. desire, in evil sense
Proverbs 25:14
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Revelation 18:7
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7 (A)In the measure that she glorified herself and lived [a]luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as (B)queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’
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- Revelation 18:7 sensually
James 3:14
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14 But if you have (A)bitter envy and [a]self-seeking in your hearts, (B)do not boast and lie against the truth.
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- James 3:14 selfish ambition
Isaiah 47:10
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10 “For you have trusted in your wickedness;
You have said, ‘No one (A)sees me’;
Your wisdom and your knowledge have [a]warped you;
And you have said in your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’
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- Isaiah 47:10 led you astray
Psalm 52:1
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The End of the Wicked and the Peace of the Godly
To the Chief Musician. A [a]Contemplation of David (A)when Doeg the Edomite went and (B)told Saul, and said to him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.”
52 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The goodness of God endures continually.
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- Psalm 52:1 Heb. Maschil
1 Corinthians 4:7-8
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7 For who [a]makes you differ from another? And (A)what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
8 You are already full! (B)You are already rich! You have reigned as kings without us—and indeed I could wish you did reign, that we also might reign with you!
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- 1 Corinthians 4:7 distinguishes you
Isaiah 47:7-8
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7 And you said, ‘I shall be (A)a lady forever,’
So that you did not (B)take these things to heart,
(C)Nor remember the latter end of them.
8 “Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures,
Who dwell securely,
Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow,
Nor shall I know the loss of children’;
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