Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

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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 to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we should be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Isaiah 14:13
For thou hast said in thy 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 sides of the north:
Daniel 4:11
The tree grew, and was strong, and its hight reached to heaven, and the sight of it to the end of all the earth:
Amos 9:2
Though they dig into the place of the dead, thence shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Obadiah 1:3
The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
Matthew 11:23
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, 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.