Daniel 11:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be proud in heart and will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not triumph.”
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“When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be proud in heart and will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not triumph.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the multitude shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he hath carried away the multitude, his heart is high, and he hath caused myriads to fall, and he doth not become strong.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Daniel 11:12 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 8:14then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- 2 Kings 14:10You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
- 2 Chronicles 25:19You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
- 2 Chronicles 26:16But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
- Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Isaiah 10:7But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
- Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
- Ezekiel 28:5By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
- Ezekiel 28:17Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
- Daniel 5:19Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.
- Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
- Daniel 8:25Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.
- Habakkuk 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright— but the righteous will live by faith—
- Acts 12:22And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
- 1 Timothy 3:6He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
- 1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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