Malachi 4:1
4:1 (3:19) “For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the Lord who rules over all. “It will not leave even a root or branch.
Esther 5:10
5:10 But Haman restrained himself and went on to his home.
He then sent for his friends to join him, along with his wife Zeresh.
Psalms 10:3
10:3 Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants;
the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.
Psalms 49:18
49:18 He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive:
“May men praise you, for you have done well!”
Psalms 73:12
73:12 Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like,
those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer.
Daniel 4:30
4:30 The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence
by my own mighty strength
and for my majestic honor?”
Daniel 4:37
4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live
in pride.
Daniel 5:20-28
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!
5:24 Therefore the palm of a hand was sent from him, and this writing was inscribed.
5:25 “This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEQEL, and PHARSIN.
5:26 This is the interpretation of the words: As for mene – God has numbered your kingdom’s days and brought it to an end.
5:27 As for teqel – you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking.
5:28 As for peres – your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
Acts 12:21
12:21 On a day determined in advance, Herod
put on his royal robes,
sat down on the judgment seat,
and made a speech
to them.
Acts 12:1
James is Killed and Peter Imprisoned
12:1 About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them.
Acts 5:5
5:5 When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped all who heard about it.