Pro 16:18, 18:12, Isa 10:12-15, 14:13-15, Eze 28:2-9, Dan 5:20, 23-30 | ESV | STEP | Pride goes before destruction , and a haughty spirit before a fall .

12 ^dWhen the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, ^ehe ^{▼▼Hebrew I} will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 ^gFor he says:

“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures;
like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
14 My hand has found like a nest
the wealth of the peoples;
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
so I have gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved a wing
or opened the mouth or chirped.”
15 Shall ^hthe axe boast over him who hews with it,
or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?
As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,
or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!

Isaiah 14:13-15

13 You said in your heart,
ⁱ‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
^jI will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
in the far reaches of the north; ^{▼▼Or in the remote parts of Zaphon}
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
15 ^lBut you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit.

Ezekiel 28:2-9

2 ^m“Son of man, say to ⁿthe prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:

^o“Because your heart is proud,
and ^pyou have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet ^qyou are but a man, and no god,
^rthough you make your heart like the heart of a god—
3 ^syou are indeed wiser ^tthan ^uDaniel;
no secret is hidden from you;
4 by your wisdom and your understanding
^vyou have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
into your treasuries;
5 by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and ^wyour heart has become proud in your wealth—
6 therefore thus says the Lord God:
^xBecause you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
7 therefore, behold, I will bring ^yforeigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against ^zthe beauty of your wisdom
and defile ^aayour splendor.
8 ^abThey shall thrust you down into the pit,
^acand you shall die the death of the slain
in the heart of the seas.
9 ^adWill you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you,
though ^aeyou are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?

Daniel 5:20

20 But ^afwhen his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, ^aghe was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.

Daniel 5:23-30

23 but you have lifted up yourself against ^ahthe Lord of heaven. And ^aithe vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. ^ajAnd you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, ^akbut the God in whose hand is your breath, and ^alwhose are all your ways, ^amyou have not honored.

24 “Then from his presence ^anthe hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed. 25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered ^{▼▼ Mene sounds like the Aramaic for numbered} the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; 27 Tekel, ^apyou have been weighed ^{▼▼ Tekel sounds like the Aramaic for weighed} in the balances and found wanting; 28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to ^arthe Medes and ^asPersians.” ^{▼▼ Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia}

29 Then ^auBelshazzar gave the command, and Daniel ^avwas clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

30 ^awThat very night ^axBelshazzar the ^ayChaldean king was killed.