Ezekiel 28:6

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“Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,”

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BSBPD

“Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy giving out thy heart as the heart of God,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 28:6 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 9:17Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
  2. Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
  3. Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
  4. 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.
  5. 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
  6. 2 Thessalonians 2:4He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
  7. James 1:11For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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