Habakkuk 2:5

New International Version

indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:10

You have indeed defeated Edom and now you are arrogant. Glory in your victory, but stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?”

Psalm 138:6

Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar.

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Proverbs 21:24

The proud and arrogant person—“Mocker” is his name— behaves with insolent fury.

Proverbs 27:20

Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.

Isaiah 14:6

which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.

Isaiah 16:6

We have heard of Moab’s pride— how great is her arrogance!— of her conceit, her pride and her insolence; but her boasts are empty.

Isaiah 2:17

The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,

Isaiah 21:5

They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields!

Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Death expands its jaws, opening wide its mouth; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.

Jeremiah 25:9

I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin.

Jeremiah 50:29

“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who draw the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her for her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:39

But while they are aroused, I will set out a feast for them and make them drunk, so that they shout with laughter— then sleep forever and not awake,” declares the Lord.

Habakkuk 1:15

The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks, he catches them in his net, he gathers them up in his dragnet; and so he rejoices and is glad.

Habakkuk 1:17

Is he to keep on emptying his net, destroying nations without mercy?

Habakkuk 2:4

“See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness—

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you,

James 4:6

But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”