Ezekiel 28:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Heart

James 4:6

Thou hast

I will cast

Job 40:11

Psalm 73:18

Psalm 147:6

I will lay

Bible References

Heart

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy 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 man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God;-

And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.

Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture'saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

Thou hast

The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

I will cast

Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

I will lay

And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou shalt also give no hire any more.

Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

Yea, I will make many peoples 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.

Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.