You made clever business deals and kept on making profits. How proud you are of your wealth!

You were proud of being handsome, and your fame made you act like a fool. Because of this I hurled you to the ground and left you as a warning to other kings.

"Now then, I, the Sovereign LORD, will tell you what is going to happen to that tree that grew until it reached the clouds. As it grew taller it grew proud;

be sure that you do not become proud and forget the LORD your God who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.

But when King Uzziah became strong, he grew arrogant, and that led to his downfall. He defied the LORD his God by going into the Temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.

Pride leads to destruction, and arrogance to downfall.

No one is respected unless he is humble; arrogant people are on the way to ruin.

On that day the LORD Almighty will humble everyone who is powerful, everyone who is proud and conceited.

"But you, his son, have not humbled yourself, even though you knew all this.

You acted against the Lord of heaven and brought in the cups and bowls taken from his Temple. You, your noblemen, your wives, and your concubines drank wine out of them and praised gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone---gods that cannot see or hear and that do not know anything. But you did not honor the God who determines whether you live or die and who controls everything you do.

And this is the message: 'Those who are evil will not survive, but those who are righteous will live because they are faithful to God.' "

He must be mature in the faith, so that he will not swell up with pride and be condemned, as the Devil was.

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."

"Now then, this is what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: Because you think you are as wise as a god,

When they come to kill you, will you still claim that you are a god? When you face your murderers, you will be mortal and not at all divine.

God said that because he knows that when you eat it, you will be like God and know what is good and what is bad."

"It isn't a man speaking, but a god!" they shouted.

At once the angel of the Lord struck Herod down, because he did not give honor to God. He was eaten by worms and died.

The Spirit took control of me, and the angel carried me to a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a red beast that had names insulting to God written all over it; the beast had seven heads and ten horns.

"Mortal man," he said, "grieve for the fate that is waiting for the king of Tyre. Tell him what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: You were once an example of perfection. How wise and handsome you were!

I put a terrifying angel there to guard you. You lived on my holy mountain and walked among sparkling gems.

You were determined to climb up to heaven and to place your throne above the highest stars. You thought you would sit like a king on that mountain in the north where the gods assemble.

You said you would climb to the tops of the clouds and be like the Almighty.

he said, "Look how great Babylon is! I built it as my capital city to display my power and might, my glory and majesty."

Before the words were out of his mouth, a voice spoke from heaven, "King Nebuchadnezzar, listen to what I say! Your royal power is now taken away from you.

He will oppose every so-called god or object of worship and will put himself above them all. He will even go in and sit down in God's Temple and claim to be God.

that city which stands at the edge of the sea and does business with the people living on every seacoast. Tell her what the Sovereign LORD is saying: "Tyre, you boasted of your perfect beauty.

Your home is the sea. Your builders made you like a beautiful ship;

When your oarsmen brought you out to sea, An east wind wrecked you far from land.

All your wealth of merchandise, All the sailors in your crew, Your ship's carpenters and your merchants, Every soldier on board the ship--- All, all were lost at sea When your ship was wrecked.

When they come to kill you, will you still claim that you are a god? When you face your murderers, you will be mortal and not at all divine.

Make them afraid, O LORD; make them know that they are only mortal beings.

May the king be like rain on the fields, like showers falling on the land.

May righteousness flourish in his lifetime, and may prosperity last as long as the moon gives light.

The Egyptians are not gods---they are only human. Their horses are not supernatural. When the LORD acts, the strong nation will crumble, and the weak nation it helped will fall. Both of them will be destroyed.

"Now then, this is what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: Because you think you are as wise as a god,

He will oppose every so-called god or object of worship and will put himself above them all. He will even go in and sit down in God's Temple and claim to be God.