Psalm 73:6
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Psalm 109:18
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1 Peter 5:5
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5 In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves(A) to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility(B) toward one another, because,
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- 1 Peter 5:5 Prov. 3:34
Daniel 4:30
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Proverbs 1:9
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9 They are a garland to grace your head
and a chain to adorn your neck.(A)
Judges 8:26
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26 The weight of the gold rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels,[a] not counting the ornaments, the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian or the chains(A) that were on their camels’ necks.
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- Judges 8:26 That is, about 43 pounds or about 20 kilograms
James 5:4-6
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4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(A) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(B) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(C) 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(D) in the day of slaughter.[a](E) 6 You have condemned and murdered(F) the innocent one,(G) who was not opposing you.
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- James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting
Micah 3:5
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5 This is what the Lord says:
Micah 2:1-2
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Human Plans and God’s Plans
Ezekiel 28:2-5
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2 “Son of man(A), say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘In the pride of your heart
you say, “I am a god;
I sit on the throne(B) of a god
in the heart of the seas.”(C)
But you are a mere mortal and not a god,
though you think you are as wise as a god.(D)
3 Are you wiser than Daniel[a]?(E)
Is no secret hidden from you?
4 By your wisdom and understanding
you have gained wealth for yourself
and amassed gold and silver
in your treasuries.(F)
5 By your great skill in trading(G)
you have increased your wealth,(H)
and because of your wealth
your heart has grown proud.(I)
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- Ezekiel 28:3 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature
Ezekiel 16:11
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11 I adorned you with jewelry:(A) I put bracelets(B) on your arms and a necklace(C) around your neck,
Jeremiah 48:29
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Jeremiah 48:11
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Isaiah 3:19
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Ecclesiastes 8:11
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11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.
Proverbs 4:17
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17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.(A)
Proverbs 3:31
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31 Do not envy(A) the violent
or choose any of their ways.
Psalm 109:29
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29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
and wrapped in shame(A) as in a cloak.
Job 21:7-15
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7 Why do the wicked live on,
growing old and increasing in power?(A)
8 They see their children established around them,
their offspring before their eyes.(B)
9 Their homes are safe and free from fear;(C)
the rod of God is not on them.(D)
10 Their bulls never fail to breed;
their cows calve and do not miscarry.(E)
11 They send forth their children as a flock;(F)
their little ones dance about.
12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;(G)
they make merry to the sound of the pipe.(H)
13 They spend their years in prosperity(I)
and go down to the grave(J) in peace.[a](K)
14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(L)
We have no desire to know your ways.(M)
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
What would we gain by praying to him?’(N)
Footnotes
- Job 21:13 Or in an instant
Esther 5:9-11
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Haman’s Rage Against Mordecai
9 Haman went out that day happy and in high spirits. But when he saw Mordecai at the king’s gate and observed that he neither rose nor showed fear in his presence, he was filled with rage(A) against Mordecai.(B) 10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home.
Calling together his friends and Zeresh,(C) his wife, 11 Haman boasted(D) to them about his vast wealth, his many sons,(E) and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials.