Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbl
I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the
Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her accordin
You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up t
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their th
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom w
You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own cr
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man
This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offsp
So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a
Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everyth
Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said
Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I
The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,