Thematic Bible: Self-exaltation, the folly of


Thematic Bible




He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. Verse ConceptsdisagreementsLove, Abuse OfWorldly AmbitionDissensionContentiousnessQuarrelsSelf ExaltationLoving Evil

For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and none else besides me. Verse ConceptsBeing ConfidentPride, Results OfArrogant ExistenceWisdom, Source Of HumanSelf ExaltationUnseenDrawbacks To KnowledgeFalse WisdomDeceiving OneselfWorldly WisdomUnique NationsStrong Delusion

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: I will ascend above the hights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

Though thou shalt exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou shalt set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. Verse ConceptsSelf ExaltationAstronautsThose FlyingLuciferflyingsoaring

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. Verse ConceptsExcessLove, Abuse OfHoneySelf ExaltationMore Than EnoughSeeking HonourCandyConfidence And Self Esteemovereating

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: For better it is that it be said to thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thy eyes have seen.

Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou settest 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

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in hight, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his hight; Verse ConceptsHeightSelf ExaltationThings On High

They said to him, Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. Verse ConceptsSittingSelfishness, Examples OfSelf Exaltation