Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
His excellency
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Bible References
His excellency
Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Isaiah 14:13
For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the farthest sides of the north:
Daniel 4:11
The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached unto heaven, and its sight to the end of all the earth:
Amos 9:2
Though they dig into sheol, there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, there will I bring them down:
Obadiah 1:3
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that says in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
Matthew 11:23
And you, Capernaum, which is exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hades: for if the mighty works, which have been done in you, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
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Psalm 37:2
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.