Job 12:21

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²¹He pours contempt on nobles^(A)
and disarms the mighty.^(B)

Psalm 107:40

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⁴⁰he who pours contempt on nobles^(A)
made them wander in a trackless waste.^(B)

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Ephesians 6:14

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¹⁴Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist,^(A) with the breastplate of righteousness in place,^(B)

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Ephesians 6:10

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The Armor of God

¹⁰Finally, be strong in the Lord^(A) and in his mighty power.^(B)

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Acts 12:23

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²³Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel^(A) of the Lord struck him down,^(B) and he was eaten by worms and died.

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Matthew 2:12-13

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¹²And having been warned^(A) in a dream^(B) not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

The Escape to Egypt

¹³When they had gone, an angel^(C) of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.^(D) “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”^(E)

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Daniel 4:32-33

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³²You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.”^(A)

³³Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like the ox. His body was drenched^(B) with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.^(C)

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Daniel 2:21-22

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²¹He changes times and seasons;^(A)
    he deposes^(B) kings and raises up others.^(C)
He gives wisdom^(D) to the wise
    and knowledge to the discerning.^(E)
²²He reveals deep and hidden things;^(F)
    he knows what lies in darkness,^(G)
    and light^(H) dwells with him.

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Isaiah 37:38

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³⁸One day, while he was worshiping in the temple^(A) of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat.^(B) And Esarhaddon^(C) his son succeeded him as king.^(D)

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Isaiah 24:21-22

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²¹In that day^(A) the Lord will punish^(B)
    the powers^(C) in the heavens above
    and the kings^(D) on the earth below.
²²They will be herded together
    like prisoners^(E) bound in a dungeon;^(F)
they will be shut up in prison
    and be punished^[a] after many days.^(G)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 24:22 Or released

Isaiah 23:9

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⁹The Lord Almighty planned^(A) it,
to bring down^(B) her pride in all her splendor
and to humble^(C) all who are renowned^(D) on the earth.

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Isaiah 22:21

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²¹I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash^(A) around him and hand your authority^(B) over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah.

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Isaiah 11:5

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⁵Righteousness will be his belt^(A)
and faithfulness^(B) the sash around his waist.^(C)

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Isaiah 5:27

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²⁷Not one of them grows tired^(A) or stumbles,
not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt^(B) is loosened at the waist,^(C)
not a sandal strap is broken.^(D)

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2 Kings 9:34-37

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³⁴Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of that cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.”^(A) ³⁵But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands. ³⁶They went back and told Jehu, who said, “This is the word of the Lord that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs^(B) will devour Jezebel’s flesh.^[a]^(C) ³⁷Jezebel’s body will be like dung^(D) on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, ‘This is Jezebel.’”

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Footnotes

2 Kings 9:36 See 1 Kings 21:23.

2 Kings 9:26

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²⁶‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth^(A) and the blood of his sons, declares the Lord, and I will surely make you pay for it on this plot of ground, declares the Lord.’^[a] Now then, pick him up and throw him on that plot, in accordance with the word of the Lord.”^(B)