Judges 7:2
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2 The Lord said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, (A)lest Israel boast over me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
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Deuteronomy 8:17
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17 Beware (A)lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’
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1 Corinthians 1:27-29
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27 But (A)God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; (B)God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even (C)things that are not, to (D)bring to nothing things that are, 29 so (E)that no human being[a] might boast in the presence of God.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:29 Greek no flesh
2 Corinthians 4:7
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Treasure in Jars of Clay
7 But we have this treasure in (A)jars of clay, (B)to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
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Romans 11:18
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18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.
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Isaiah 10:13
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13 (A)For he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures;
like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
Ephesians 2:9
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9 (A)not a result of works, (B)so that no one may boast.
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2 Corinthians 10:4-5
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1 Corinthians 2:4-5
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4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of (A)the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men[a] but (B)in the power of God.
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- 1 Corinthians 2:5 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
Zechariah 12:7
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7 “And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah.
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Zechariah 4:6
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6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to (A)Zerubbabel: (B)Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
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Ezekiel 28:17
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17 (A)Your heart was proud because of (B)your beauty;
you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I exposed you before kings,
to feast their eyes on you.
Ezekiel 28:2
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2 (A)“Son of man, say to (B)the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:
(C)“Because your heart is proud,
and (D)you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet (E)you are but a man, and no god,
(F)though you make your heart like the heart of a god—
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