Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
General references
Bible References
Exalt
Job 20:6
Even though his stature mounts up to the heaven, and his head reaches to the clouds,
Job 39:27
Or does [the] eagle fly high at your command and construct its nest high?
Jeremiah 49:16
Your terror has deceived you, the pride of your heart, [O you who] dwell in the clefts of the rock, [you who] seize [the] height of [the] hill. Though you make your nest high like the eagle, from there I will bring you down," {declares} Yahweh.
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to [him who] obtains profit [from] evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be saved from the hand of misfortune!
Among
Isaiah 14:12
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of dawn! You are cut down to the ground, conqueror of nations!
Jeremiah 51:53
Though Babylon goes up [to] the heavens, and though she fortifies the high place of her strength, from me destroyers will come to her," {declares} Yahweh.
Amos 9:2
If they dig into Sheol, from there my hand will take them, and [even] if they climb up [to] heaven, from there I will bring them down.
General references
Proverbs 16:18
Before destruction [comes] pride, and before a fall, a haughty spirit.