Thematic Bible: Self-exaltation, the folly of


Thematic Bible




He loving transgression loves contention: he lifting up his gate seeks breaking. Verse ConceptsdisagreementsLove, Abuse OfWorldly AmbitionDissensionContentiousnessQuarrelsSelf ExaltationLoving Evil

And thou wilt trust in thy wickedness: thou saidst, None saw me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge it caused thee to turn away; and thou wilt say in thy heart, I, and none yet besides me. Verse ConceptsBeing ConfidentPride, Results OfArrogant ExistenceWisdom, Source Of HumanSelf ExaltationUnseenDrawbacks To KnowledgeFalse WisdomDeceiving OneselfWorldly WisdomUnique NationsStrong Delusion

And thou saidst in thy heart, I will go up to the heavens; from above to the stars of God I will lift up my throne, and I will sit upon the mountain of appointment in the thighs of the north. I will go up upon the heights of the cloud: I will become like the Most High.

If thou shalt exalt as the eagle, and set thy nest between the stars, from thence will I bring thee down, says Jehovah. Verse ConceptsSelf ExaltationAstronautsThose FlyingLuciferflyingsoaring


Thou shalt not show thyself proud before the king, and thou shalt not stand in the place of the great. For good to say to thee, Come up hither, rather than humbling thyself before the noble whom thine eye saw.

Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart was lifted up, and thou wilt say, I am God, I sat upon the seat of God in the heart of the seas; and thou art man and not God, and thou wilt give thy heart as the heart of God. Verse ConceptsAmbition, negative aspects ofComplacencyExaggerationsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedLove, Abuse OfPride, Evil OfPride, Examples OfRulersSelf ConfidenceSelf Righteousness, Nature OfSin, Causes OfSuperiorityAudacitySelf ExaltationArrogantly Like GodIn The Heart Of The SeaMen As GodsProud Peoplelimitations

For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou wert lifted up in height, and he will give his foliage between the thick boughs, and his heart was lifted up in his height; Verse ConceptsHeightSelf ExaltationThings On High

And they said to him, Give us that we might sit, one from thy right hand, and one front thy left, in thy glory. Verse ConceptsSittingSelfishness, Examples OfSelf Exaltation