Luke 1:51

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Summary

Luke 1:51

He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Shewed

He hath scattered

The imagination

2 Corinthians 10:5

General references

Matthew 23:12

Bible References

Shewed

Lord, Your right hand is glorious in power.
Lord, Your right hand shattered the enemy.

Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

I will praise You forever for what You have done.
In the presence of Your faithful people,
I will put my hope in Your name, for it is good.

You satisfy me as with rich food;

my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.

You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is powerful;
Your right hand is lifted high.

A psalm.Sing a new song to the Lord,
for He has performed wonders;
His right hand and holy arm
have won Him victory.

There are shouts of joy and victory
in the tents of the righteous:
“The Lord’s right hand performs valiantly!

See, the Lord God comes with strength,
and His power establishes His rule.
His reward is with Him,
and His gifts accompany Him.

Wake up, wake up!
Put on the strength of the Lord’s power.
Wake up as in days past,
as in generations of long ago.
Wasn’t it You who hacked Rahab to pieces,
who pierced the sea monster?

The Lord has displayed His holy arm
in the sight of all the nations;
all the ends of the earth will see
the salvation of our God.

He sent His glorious arm
to be at Moses’ right hand,
divided the waters before them
to obtain eternal fame for Himself,

For this reason her plagues will come in one day—
death and grief and famine.
She will be burned up with fire,
because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.

He hath scattered

The enemy said:
“I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil.
My desire will be gratified at their expense.
I will draw my sword;
my hand will destroy them.”

Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods, because He did wonders when the Egyptians acted arrogantly against Israel.”

Do not boast so proudly,
or let arrogant words come out of your mouth,
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and actions are weighed by Him.

Do you have an arm like God’s?
Can you thunder with a voice like His?

Why do the nations rebel

and the peoples plot in vain?

The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;
He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;
You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.

But when the Lord finishes all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.”

We have heard of Moab’s pride,
great pride, indeed—
his insolence, arrogance, pride,
and haughty heart.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and glorify the King of heaven, because all His works are true and His ways are just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

“This is the writing that was inscribed:

MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.

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.

The imagination

When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,

When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, He said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, even though man’s inclination is evil from his youth. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

When someone hears the words of this oath, he may consider himself exempt, thinking, ‘I will have peace even though I follow my own stubborn heart.’ This will lead to the destruction of the well-watered land as well as the dry land.

For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.

and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.

General references

Feet trample it,
the feet of the humble,
the steps of the poor.

He reduces princes to nothing
and makes judges of the earth irrational.

Look, I will certainly make you insignificant among the nations,
despised among humanity.

Look, I will make you insignificant
among the nations;
you will be deeply despised.

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.