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
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
Job 39:27
Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
Jeremiah 49:16
As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there," says the LORD.
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil.
Among
Isaiah 14:12
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn. How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low.
Jeremiah 51:53
Though Babylon should mount up to the sky, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come to her," says the LORD.
Amos 9:2
Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.
General references
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.