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 28:9Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
• 2 Th 2:4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
• Isa 14:13–14For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
• Ps 9:20Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
• Prov 16:18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
• Isa 31:3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
• Acts 12:22–23And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
• Isa 2:12For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
• Gen 3:5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
• Dan 4:30–31The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
• Dan 5:22–23And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
• Ezek 28:12–14Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
• Prov 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
• Ezek 27:26–27Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
• Ezek 28:17Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
• Deut 8:14Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
• Hab 2:4Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
• Ezek 28:5–6By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
• 2 Chr 26:16But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
• Rev 17:3So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
• 1 Pet 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
• Ezek 27:3–4And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
• Ezek 31:10Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
• 1 Tim 3:6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
• Ps 72:6–7He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
• Ps 82:6–7I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

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