Ezekiel 28:2

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Ezekiel 28:2

“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: This is what the Lord God says:

Your heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you?
Yet you will be only a man, not a god,
in the hands of those who kill you.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in God’s sanctuary, publicizing that he himself is God.

Isaiah 31:3

Egyptians are men, not God;
their horses are flesh, not spirit.
When the Lord raises His hand to strike,
the helper will stumble
and the one who is helped will fall;
both will perish together.

Psalm 9:20

Put terror in them, Lord;
let the nations know they are only men.Selah

Isaiah 14:13-14

You said to yourself:
“I will ascend to the heavens;
I will set up my throne
above the stars of God.
I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly,
in the remotest parts of the North.

Genesis 3:5

“In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Deuteronomy 8:14

be careful that your heart doesn’t become proud and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when he became strong, he grew arrogant and it led to his own destruction. He acted unfaithfully against the Lord his God by going into the Lord’s sanctuary to burn incense on the incense altar.

Psalm 72:6-7

May he be like rain that falls on the cut grass,
like spring showers that water the earth.

Psalm 82:6-7

I said, “You are gods;
you are all sons of the Most High.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride comes before destruction,
and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 18:12

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud,
but humility comes before honor.

Isaiah 2:12

For a day belonging to the Lord of Hosts is coming
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up—it will be humbled—

Ezekiel 27:3-4

Say to Tyre, who is located at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coasts and islands: This is what the Lord God says:

Tyre, you declared,
‘I am perfect in beauty.’

Ezekiel 27:26-27

Your rowers have brought you
onto the high seas,
but the east wind has shattered you
in the heart of the sea.

Ezekiel 28:5-6

By your great skill in trading
you have increased your wealth,
but your heart has become proud
because of your wealth.”

Ezekiel 28:12-14

“Son of man, lament for the king of Tyre and say to him: This is what the Lord God says:

You were the seal of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

Ezekiel 28:17

Your heart became proud because of your beauty;
For the sake of your splendor
you corrupted your wisdom.
So I threw you down to the earth;
I made you a spectacle before kings.

Ezekiel 31:10

“Therefore this is what the Lord God says: Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

Daniel 4:30-31

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built by my vast power to be a royal residence and to display my majestic glory?”

Daniel 5:22-23

“But you his successor, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.

Habakkuk 2:4

Look, his ego is inflated;
he is without integrity.
But the righteous one will live by his faith.

Acts 12:22-23

The assembled people began to shout, “It’s the voice of a god and not of a man!”

1 Timothy 3:6

He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and fall into the condemnation of the Devil.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you younger men, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because

God resists the proud
but gives grace to the humble.

Revelation 17:3

So he carried me away in the Spirit to a desert. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and 10 horns.

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Summary

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:

I sit

Yet

Thou set

Ezekiel 28:6

2 Thessalonians 2:4

General references

Proverbs 30:13

Bible References

I sit

“Son of man, lament for the king of Tyre and say to him: This is what the Lord God says:

You were the seal of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

You said to yourself:
“I will ascend to the heavens;
I will set up my throne
above the stars of God.
I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly,
in the remotest parts of the North.

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built by my vast power to be a royal residence and to display my majestic glory?”

He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in God’s sanctuary, publicizing that he himself is God.

Yet

Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you?
Yet you will be only a man, not a god,
in the hands of those who kill you.

Put terror in them, Lord;
let the nations know they are only men.Selah

May he be like rain that falls on the cut grass,
like spring showers that water the earth.

Egyptians are men, not God;
their horses are flesh, not spirit.
When the Lord raises His hand to strike,
the helper will stumble
and the one who is helped will fall;
both will perish together.

Thou set

Therefore this is what the Lord God says:

Because you regard your heart as that of a god,

He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in God’s sanctuary, publicizing that he himself is God.

General references

There is a generation—how haughty its eyes
and pretentious its looks.