Job 12:21

God pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong. He brings low the noble and disarms the mighty.

Cross-references · 18

• Ps 107:40He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
• Dan 2:21–22And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
• Isa 23:9The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
• Acts 12:23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
• 2 Kgs 9:26Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
• Exod 8:2And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
• 1 Kgs 21:23–24And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
• Exod 16:24And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
• Isa 24:21–22And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
• Isa 5:27None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
• 2 Kgs 9:34–37And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter.
• Eph 6:10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
• Isa 37:38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
• Isa 22:21And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
• Dan 4:32–33And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
• Matt 2:12–13And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
• Isa 11:5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
• Eph 6:14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

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