2 Corinthians 10:5

Paul's Ministry Defended

⁴ (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God for the destruction of strong holds), ⁵ We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, ⁶ and having a readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

Knowledge of God

Lifted Up

Raised Again

Christ

Messiah

Isaiah 2:11-12

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness that thou may be saved. How long shalt thou entertain the thoughts of thy iniquity within thee?

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Romans 1:21

because having known God, they did not glorify him as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Romans 7:23

but I see another law in my members which rebels against the law of my mind, bringing captive unto the law of sin which is in my members.

Job 42:6

Therefore, I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.

Psalm 10:4

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, does not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

2 Corinthians 9:13

that by the experience of this ministration, they glorify God for the obedience of your consent unto the gospel of the Christ and in your liberal distribution unto them and unto everyone,

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is alive and efficient and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

1 Peter 1:14-15

as obedient sons, not conforming yourselves with the former desires that you had before in your ignorance,

Genesis 8:21

And the LORD smelled a savour of rest, and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his childhood; neither will I again smite any more every living thing as I have done.

Exodus 5:2

And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should hearken to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

Exodus 9:16-17

For in truth I have placed thee to declare my power in thee, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Keep thyself that there not be a thought of Belial in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother to give him nothing; for he shall cry unto the LORD against thee, and it shall be a sin unto thee.

2 Kings 19:22

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? And against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.

2 Kings 19:28

Because thou hast raged against me and thy tumult has come up into my ears, therefore, I will put my hook in thy nose and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou didst come.

Job 40:11-12

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold every one that is proud and bring him down.

Psalm 18:27

Therefore thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down high looks.

Psalm 18:44

As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me: the sons of strangers submitted themselves unto me even against their will.

Psalm 110:2-3

The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

Psalm 139:2

Thou knowest my sitting down and my rising up, thou dost understand my thoughts from afar.

Proverbs 15:26

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the speech of the pure is pure.

Proverbs 24:9

The thought of the foolish is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men.

Isaiah 2:17

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are their paths.

Isaiah 60:14

The sons also of those that afflicted thee shall come humbled unto thee; and at the steps of thy feet all those that despised thee shall bow themselves down; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Ezekiel 17:24

And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I the LORD have spoken and have done it.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and build up and glorify the King of heaven because all his works are truth, and his ways judgment: and he is able to humble those that walk with arrogance.

Daniel 5:23-30

but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy princes, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; furthermore, thou hast praised gods of silver and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand is thy soul and whose are all thy ways, thou hast never honoured.

Matthew 11:29-30

Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and humble of heart, and ye shall find rest for your souls.

Luke 1:51

He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Acts 4:25-26

who (in the Holy Spirit) by the mouth of thy servant David (our father) hast said, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine vain things?

Acts 9:4-6

and falling to the earth, he heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?

Romans 1:5

By whom we have received the grace and the apostleship, to cause the faith to be obeyed among all the Gentiles in his name,

Romans 16:26

but now is made manifest, and by the writings of the prophets, by the commandment of God eternal, declared unto all the Gentiles, that they might hear and obey by faith,

1 Corinthians 1:27-29

but rather God has chosen that which is the foolishness of the world to confound the wise, and God has chosen that which is the weakness of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He takes the wise in their own craftiness.

Philippians 3:4-9

Though I might also have reason to confide in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

2 Thessalonians 2:4

opposing and exalting himself against all that is called God, or divinity, so that he as God sits in the temple of God, making himself appear to be God.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

And then shall that Wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of his mouth and remove with the clarity of his coming:

Hebrews 5:9

and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal saving health unto all those that hearken unto him,

1 Peter 1:2

chosen (according to the foreknowledge of God the Father) in sanctification of the Spirit, to obey and be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus, the Christ, Grace and peace, be multiplied unto you.

1 Peter 1:22

Having purified your souls in the obedience of the truth, by the Spirit, in unfeigned brotherly love, love one another with a pure heart fervently,