Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

Bible References

General references

Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan have acted like fools,
The princes of Memphis are deluded [and entertain false hope];
Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes
Have led Egypt astray.
Isaiah 23:9

The Lord of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty,
To bring into contempt and humiliation all the honored of the earth.
Isaiah 24:21

So it will happen in that day
That the Lord will visit and punish the host (fallen angels) of heaven on high,
And the kings of the earth on the earth.
Job 12:21

“He pours contempt on princes and nobles
And loosens the belt of the strong [disabling them].
Job 34:19

“Who is not partial to princes,
Nor does He regard the rich above the poor,
For they all are the work of His hands.
Psalm 76:12

He will cut off the spirit of princes;
He is awesome and feared by the kings of the earth.
Psalm 107:40

He pours contempt on princes
And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.
Jeremiah 25:18
Jerusalem and the cities of Judah [being most guilty because their privileges were greatest], its kings and princes, to make them a horror, a ruin, a hissing and a curse, as it is to this day;
Luke 1:51

“He has done mighty deeds with His [powerful] arm;
He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.
Revelation 19:18
so that you may feast on the flesh of kings, the flesh of commanders, the flesh of powerful and mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all humanity, both free men and slaves, both small and great [in a complete conquest of evil].”