2 Kings 14:10
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10 You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory and stay at home, for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”(A)
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2 Chronicles 26:16
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Pride and Apostasy
16 But when he had become strong he grew proud, to his destruction. For he acted unfaithfully toward the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to make offering on the altar of incense.(A)
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Deuteronomy 8:14
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14 then do not exalt yourself, forgetting the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,(A)
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2 Chronicles 32:25
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25 But Hezekiah did not respond according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.(A)
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Proverbs 20:3
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3 It is honorable to refrain from strife,
but every fool is quick to quarrel.(A)
Proverbs 16:18
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18 Pride goes before destruction
and a haughty spirit before a fall.(A)
Proverbs 15:18
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18 Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife,
but those who are slow to anger calm contention.(A)
Proverbs 3:30
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30 Do not quarrel with anyone without cause,
when no harm has been done to you.(A)
James 4:6
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6 But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”(A)
James 1:9
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Poverty and Riches
9 Let the brother or sister of humble means boast in having a high position
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Luke 14:31-32
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31 Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he cannot, then while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace.
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Habakkuk 2:4
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4 Look at the proud!
Their spirit is not right in them,
but the righteous live by their faithfulness.(A)
Daniel 5:20-23
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20 But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he acted proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his glory was stripped from him.(A) 21 He was driven from human society, and his mind was made like that of an animal. His dwelling was with the wild asses, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until he learned that the Most High God has sovereignty over the kingdom of mortals and sets over it whomever he will.(B) 22 And you, Belshazzar his son, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this!(C) 23 You have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven! The vessels of his temple have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have been drinking wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose power is your very breath and to whom belong all your ways, you have not honored.(D)
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Ezekiel 38:17
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Judgment on Gog
17 Thus says the Lord God: Are you he of whom I spoke in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who in those days prophesied for years that I would bring you against them?(A)
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Ezekiel 38:5
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5 Paras, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with buckler and helmet;(A)
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Ezekiel 38:2
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2 Mortal, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him(A)
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Jeremiah 9:23-24
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23 Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom; do not let the mighty boast in their might; do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth;(A) 24 but let those who boast boast in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the Lord; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord.(B)
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Proverbs 26:17
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17 Like someone who takes a passing dog by the ears
is one who meddles in the quarrel of another.(A)
Proverbs 25:8
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8 do not hastily bring into court,
for[a] what will you do in the end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?(A)
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- 25.8 Cn: Heb or else
Proverbs 17:14
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14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
so stop before the quarrel breaks out.(A)
2 Chronicles 35:21
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21 But Neco[a] sent envoys to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, king of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war, and God has commanded me to hurry. Cease opposing God, who is with me, so that he will not destroy you.”
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- 35.21 Heb he
2 Kings 14:7
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7 He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm; he called it Jokthe-el, which is its name to this day.(A)
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Exodus 8:9
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9 Moses said to Pharaoh, “Kindly tell me when I am to pray for you and for your officials and for your people, that the frogs may be removed from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile.”
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