Psalm 12:3
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3 May the Lord cut off their flattering lips
and silence their boastful tongues.
Proverbs 18:21
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21 The tongue can bring death or life;
those who love to talk will reap the consequences.
Revelation 13:5
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5 Then the beast was allowed to speak great blasphemies against God. And he was given authority to do whatever he wanted for forty-two months.
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Daniel 7:8
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8 As I was looking at the horns, suddenly another small horn appeared among them. Three of the first horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. This little horn had eyes like human eyes and a mouth that was boasting arrogantly.
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Psalm 17:10
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10 They are without pity.
Listen to their boasting!
Jude 16
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16 These people are grumblers and complainers, living only to satisfy their desires. They brag loudly about themselves, and they flatter others to get what they want.
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2 Peter 2:18
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18 They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With an appeal to twisted sexual desires, they lure back into sin those who have barely escaped from a lifestyle of deception.
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Malachi 3:13
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13 “You have said terrible things about me,” says the Lord.
“But you say, ‘What do you mean? What have we said against you?’
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Daniel 7:25
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25 He will defy the Most High and oppress the holy people of the Most High. He will try to change their sacred festivals and laws, and they will be placed under his control for a time, times, and half a time.
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Daniel 4:30-31
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30 As he looked out across the city, he said, ‘Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor.’
31 “While these words were still in his mouth, a voice called down from heaven, ‘O King Nebuchadnezzar, this message is for you! You are no longer ruler of this kingdom.
Ezekiel 29:3
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3 Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord:
“I am your enemy, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt—
you great monster, lurking in the streams of the Nile.
For you have said, ‘The Nile River is mine;
I made it for myself.’
Ezekiel 28:9
New Living Translation
9 Will you then boast, ‘I am a god!’
to those who kill you?
To them you will be no god
but merely a man!
Ezekiel 28:2
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2 “Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord:
“In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god!
I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.’
But you are only a man and not a god,
though you boast that you are a god.
Psalm 73:8-9
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8 They scoff and speak only evil;
in their pride they seek to crush others.
9 They boast against the very heavens,
and their words strut throughout the earth.
2 Kings 19:23-24
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23 By your messengers you have defied the Lord.
You have said, ‘With my many chariots
I have conquered the highest mountains—
yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon.
I have cut down its tallest cedars
and its finest cypress trees.
I have reached its farthest corners
and explored its deepest forests.
24 I have dug wells in many foreign lands
and refreshed myself with their water.
With the sole of my foot
I stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!’
1 Samuel 17:43-44
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43 “Am I a dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed David by the names of his gods. 44 “Come over here, and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and wild animals!” Goliath yelled.
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1 Samuel 2:3
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3 “Stop acting so proud and haughty!
Don’t speak with such arrogance!
For the Lord is a God who knows what you have done;
he will judge your actions.
Exodus 15:9
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9 “The enemy boasted, ‘I will chase them
and catch up with them.
I will plunder them
and consume them.
I will flash my sword;
my powerful hand will destroy them.’
Isaiah 10:10
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10 Yes, we have finished off many a kingdom
whose gods were greater than those in Jerusalem and Samaria.
Job 32:22
New Living Translation
22 For if I tried flattery,
my Creator would soon destroy me.
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