Ezekiel 28:2

The prince of Tyre claims to be a god enthroned in the sea, but God reminds him he is only a man. It exposes the fundamental sin of pride that usurps God's place.

Cross-references · 26

• Ezek 28:9Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.
• 2 Th 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.
• Isa 14:13–14You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
• Ps 9:20Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
• Prov 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Isa 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
• Acts 12:22–23And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
• Isa 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—
• Gen 3:5“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
• Dan 4:30–31the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
• Dan 5:22–23But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
• Ezek 28:12–14“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
• Prov 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
• Ezek 27:26–27Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
• Ezek 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.
• Deut 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.
• Hab 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
• Ezek 28:5–6By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
• 2 Chr 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.
• Rev 17:3And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
• 1 Pet 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.”
• Ezek 27:3–4Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
• Ezek 31:10Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,
• 1 Tim 3:6He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
• Ps 72:6–7May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
• Ps 82:6–7I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

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