But to show you my power I have let you live so that my fame might spread over the whole world.

She answered, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the LORD really speaks through you!"

He returned to Elisha with all his men and said, "Now I know that there is no god but the God of Israel; so please, sir, accept a gift from me."

" LORD, who among the gods is like you? Who is like you, wonderful in holiness? Who can work miracles and mighty acts like yours?

The LORD is great and is to be highly praised; he is to be honored more than all the gods.

I intend to build a great temple, because our God is greater than any other god.

For the LORD is a mighty God, a mighty king over all the gods.

LORD Almighty, you are ruler of all the earth; you are much greater than all the gods.

I know that our LORD is great, greater than all the gods.

In case of war they might join our enemies in order to fight against us, and might escape from the country. We must find some way to keep them from becoming even more numerous."

"When you help the Hebrew women give birth," he said to them, "kill the baby if it is a boy; but if it is a girl, let it live."

Finally the king issued a command to all his people: "Take every newborn Hebrew boy and throw him into the Nile, but let all the girls live."

"Who is the LORD?" the king demanded. "Why should I listen to him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD; and I will not let Israel go."

"Stop giving the people straw for making bricks. Make them go and find it for themselves.

The LORD made the king stubborn, and he pursued the Israelites, who were leaving triumphantly.

When I defeat them, the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD."

Yet you are still arrogant and refuse to let my people go.

So Moses and Aaron went to the king and said to him, "The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says, 'How much longer will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

Stop your loud boasting; silence your proud words. For the LORD is a God who knows, and he judges all that people do.

You worked amazing miracles against the king, against his officials and the people of his land, because you knew how they oppressed your people. You won then the fame you still have today.

But our ancestors grew proud and stubborn and refused to obey your commands.

You warned them to obey your teachings, but in pride they rejected your laws, although keeping your Law is the way to life. Hard-headed and stubborn, they refused to obey.

Look at those who are proud; pour out your anger and humble them.

Yes, look at them and bring them down; crush the wicked where they stand.

Love the LORD, all his faithful people. The LORD protects the faithful, but punishes the proud as they deserve.

You reprimand the proud; cursed are those who disobey your commands.

"And now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, honor, and glorify the King of Heaven. Everything he does is right and just, and he can humble anyone who acts proudly."

He has stretched out his mighty arm and scattered the proud with all their plans.

But the grace that God gives is even stronger. As the scripture says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

In the same way you younger people must submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you must put on the apron of humility, to serve one another; for the scripture says, "God resists the proud, but shows favor to the humble."