Ezekiel 28:17

The Scriptures 1998

“Your heart was lifted up because of your loveliness, you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendour. I threw you to the earth, I laid you before sovereigns, to look at you.

Cross References

Psalm 147:6

יהוה  lifts up the meek ones, He throws the wrong ones down to the ground.

Psalm 73:18

Indeed, You set them in slippery places; You make them fall to ruins.

Proverbs 11:2

Pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom.

Proverbs 16:18

Before destruction comes pride, And before a fall a haughty spirit!

Isaiah 25:12

And the high stronghold of your walls He shall bring down, lay it low, levelled to the ground, down to the dust.

Isaiah 26:5

“For He shall bring down those who dwell on high. He lays the exalted city low, He lays it low to the earth, He brings it down to the dust.

Jeremiah 8:9

“The wise shall be put to shame, they shall be broken down and caught. See, they have rejected the Word of יהוה, so what wisdom do they have?

Ezekiel 16:41

and burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you before the eyes of many women. And I shall make you stop whoring, and no longer give gifts.

Ezekiel 19:12

‘But she was uprooted in wrath, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong rods were broken and withered, fire consumed them.

Ezekiel 23:48

‘And I shall put an end to wickedness in the land, and all the women shall be instructed not to commit wickedness as you have done.

Ezekiel 26:16

‘And all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and they shall lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments, and put on trembling, and sit on the ground. And they shall tremble continuously, and they shall be astonished at you.

Ezekiel 27:3

and you shall say to Tsor, ‘You who dwell at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus said the Master יהוה, “O Tsor, you yourself have said, ‘I am perfect in loveliness.’

Ezekiel 27:4

“Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your loveliness.

Ezekiel 28:15

“You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.

Ezekiel 28:2

“Son of man, say to the prince of Tsor, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “Because your heart is lifted up, and you say, ‘I am Ě

Ezekiel 28:5

“By your great wisdom, by your trade you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches.”

Ezekiel 28:7

therefore see, I am bringing against you strangers, the ruthless ones of the nations. And they shall draw their swords against the loveliness of your wisdom, and they shall profane your splendour.

Ezekiel 31:10

“Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, ‘Because you have increased in height, and it set its top among the thick foliage, and its heart was lifted up in its height,

Ezekiel 32:10

‘And I shall make many peoples appalled at you, and their sovereigns shall be greatly afraid of you when I swing My sword before them. And they shall tremble continually, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.’

Daniel 11:12

and he shall capture the army, his heart being exalted. And he shall cause tens of thousands to fall, but not prevail.

Luke 14:11

“For everyone who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.”

James 4:6

But He gives greater favour. Because of this He says, “Elohim resists the proud, but gives favour to the humble.”