Ezekiel 28:17
"Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee."
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- Ezekiel 28:5
"By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 16:18
"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."
Read in chapter → - James 4:6
"But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble."
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 31:10
"Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;"
Read in chapter → - Luke 14:11
"For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted."
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 28:2
"Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 11:2
"When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom."
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 32:10
"Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 147:6
"The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground."
Read in chapter → - Romans 1:22
"Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,"
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