and his spirit filled with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and his honor was removed from him.
Psalms 73:8
73:8 They mock and say evil things;
they proudly threaten violence.
Proverbs 16:18
16:18 Pride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Habakkuk 1:15-16
1:15 The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook;
he hauls them in with his throw net.
When he catches them in his dragnet,
he is very happy.
1:16 Because of his success he offers sacrifices to his throw net
and burns incense to his dragnet;
for because of them he has plenty of food,
and more than enough to eat.
Habakkuk 2:4-5
2:4 Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion,
but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.
2:5 Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man!
His appetite is as big as Sheol’s;
like death, he is never satisfied.
He gathers all the nations;
he seizes all peoples.
Luke 12:19-20
12:19 And I will say to myself, “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’
12:20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
Luke 14:11
14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Luke 14:1
Healing Again on the Sabbath
14:1 Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.
Luke 5:5
5:5 Simon answered, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will lower the nets.”