Job 26:12

God's Power Over Creation

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“The pillars of the heavens tremble
And are terrified at His rebuke.
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“He stirred up the sea by His power,
And by His understanding He smashed [proud] Rahab.
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“By His breath the heavens are cleared;
His hand has pierced the [swiftly] fleeing serpent.

Job

Rahab

Isaiah 51:15

For I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the Lord of hosts is His name.

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus says the Lord,
Who gives the sun for light by day
And the fixed order of the moon and of the stars for light by night,
Who stirs up the sea’s roaring billows or stills the waves when they roar;
The Lord of hosts is His name:

Exodus 14:21-31

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord swept the sea back by a strong east wind all that night and turned the seabed into dry land, and the waters were divided.

Job 9:13

“God will not turn back His anger;
The [proud] helpers of Rahab [the arrogant monster of the sea] bow under Him.

Job 12:13

“But [only] with Him are [perfect] wisdom and might;
He [alone] has [true] counsel and understanding.

Job 40:11-12

“Pour out the overflowings of your wrath,
And look at everyone who is proud and make him low.

Psalm 29:10

The Lord sat as King at the flood;
Yes, the Lord sits as King forever.

Psalm 74:13

You divided the [Red] Sea by Your strength;
You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

Psalm 89:9-10

You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.

Psalm 93:3-4

The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
The floods have lifted up their voice;
The floods lift up their pounding waves.

Psalm 114:2-7

Judah became His sanctuary,
And Israel His dominion.

Isaiah 2:12

For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning
Against all who are proud and arrogant
And against all who are lifted up,
That they may be degraded.

Isaiah 51:9

Awake, awake, put on strength and might, O arm of the Lord;
Awake as in the ancient days, as in the generations of long ago.
Was it not You who cut Rahab (Egypt) in pieces,
Who pierced the dragon [of Egypt]?

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and faithful and His ways are just, and He is able to humiliate and humble those who walk in [self-centered, self-righteous] pride.”

James 4:6

But He gives us more and more grace [through the power of the Holy Spirit to defy sin and live an obedient life that reflects both our faith and our gratitude for our salvation]. Therefore, it says, “God is opposed to the proud and haughty, but [continually] gives [the gift of] grace to the humble [who turn away from self-righteousness].”