Ezekiel 16:14
16:14 Your fame
spread among the nations because of your beauty; your beauty was perfect because of the splendor which I bestowed on you, declares the sovereign
Lord.
Exodus 9:16
9:16 But
for this purpose I have caused you to stand:
to show you
my strength, and so that my name may be declared
in all the earth.
Psalms 75:6-7
75:6 For victory does not come from the east or west,
or from the wilderness.
75:7 For God is the judge!
He brings one down and exalts another.
Daniel 2:21
2:21 He changes times and seasons,
deposing some kings
and establishing others.
He gives wisdom to the wise;
he imparts knowledge to those with understanding;
Daniel 2:37-38
Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
2:37 “You, O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has granted you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor.
2:38 Wherever human beings, wild animals, and birds of the sky live – he has given them into your power. He has given you authority over them all. You are the head of gold.
Daniel 4:22-25
4:22 it is you,
O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.
4:23 As for the king seeing a holy sentinel coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the wild animals, until seven periods of time go by for him’ –
4:24 this is the interpretation, O king! It is the decision of the Most High that this has happened to my lord the king.
4:25 You will be driven
from human society,
and you will live
with the wild animals. You will be fed
grass like oxen,
and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before
you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.
Daniel 5:20-23
5:20 And when his mind
became arrogant
and his spirit filled with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and his honor was removed from him.
5:21 He was driven from human society, his mind
was changed to that of an animal, he lived
with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes.
5:22 “But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this.
5:23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone – gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!