Friday, August 31, 2012

God opposes the proud


Do you feel really frustrated?
Then, do a “pride check”.
God opposes the proud.

(Deu 8:14 NIV) then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

(2 Chr 25:19 NIV)  You say to yourself that you have defeated Edom, and now you are arrogant and proud. But stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?"

(2 Chr 32:25 NIV)  But Hezekiah's heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the Lord's wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

(Job 28:8 NIV)  Proud beasts do not set foot on it, and no lion prowls there.

(Job 38:11 NIV)  when I said, 'This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt'?

(Job 39:20 NIV)  Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

(Job 40:11 NIV)  Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at every proud man and bring him low,

(Job 40:12 NIV)  look at every proud man and humble him, crush the wicked where they stand.

(Job 41:34 NIV)  He looks down on all that are haughty; he is king over all that are proud."

(Psa 31:23 NIV)  Love the LORD, all his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full.

(Psa 36:11 NIV)  May the foot of the proud not come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

(Psa 40:4 NIV)  Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.

(Psa 94:2 NIV)  Rise up, O Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.

(Psa 101:5 NIV)  Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure.

(Psa 123:4 NIV)  We have endured much ridicule from the proud, much contempt from the arrogant.

(Psa 131:1 NIV)  A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.

(Psa 138:6 NIV)  Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.

(Psa 140:5 NIV)  Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path. Selah

(Psa 140:8 NIV)  do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah

(Prov 3:34 NIV)  He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.

(Prov 15:25 NIV)  The LORD tears down the proud man's house but he keeps the widow's boundaries intact.

(Prov 16:5 NIV)  The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.

(Prov 16:19 NIV)  Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.

(Prov 18:12 NIV)  Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

(Prov 21:4 NIV)  Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin!

(Prov 21:24 NIV)  The proud and arrogant man--" Mocker" is his name; he behaves with overweening pride.

(Isa 2:12 NIV)  The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),

(Ezek 7:20 NIV)  They were proud of their beautiful jewelry and used it to make their detestable idols and vile images. Therefore I will turn these into an unclean thing for them.

(Ezek 28:5 NIV)  By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.

(Ezek 28:17 NIV)  Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.

(Ezek 30:6 NIV)  "'This is what the LORD says: "'The allies of Egypt will fall and her proud strength will fail. From Migdol to Aswan they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Sovereign LORD.

(Ezek 30:18 NIV)  Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt; there her proud strength will come to an end. She will be covered with clouds, and her villages will go into captivity.

(Ezek 31:10 NIV)  "'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because it towered on high, lifting its top above the thick foliage, and because it was proud of its height,

(Ezek 33:28 NIV)  I will make the land a desolate waste, and her proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains of Israel will become desolate so that no one will cross them.

(Hosea 13:6 NIV)  When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.

(Zec 10:3 NIV)  "My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders; for the LORD Almighty will care for his flock, the house of Judah, and make them like a proud horse in battle.

(Luke 1:51 NIV)  He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.

(Rom 12:16 NIV)  Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.

(1 Cor 5:2 NIV)  And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this?

(1 Cor 13:4 NIV)  Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

(2 Tim 3:2 NIV)  People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

(James 4:6 NIV)  But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

(1 Pet 5:5 NIV)  Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

(Rev 13:5 NIV)  The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months.

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