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Ha run Yah ya (Ad nan Ok tar)

Him... His ways are al ways pros per ous; he is haugh ty and
Your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his en e mies.

(Psalms, 10:2-5)

Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does
not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.
(Psalms, 40:4)

He rules for ev er by His pow er... the na tions let not the re bel -
lious rise up against Him. (Psalms, 66:7)

"We have heard of his pride and ar ro gance and the haugh ti -
ness of his heart. I know his in so lence but it is fu tile," de clares
the Lord, "and his boasts ac com plish noth ing." (Jeremiah,
48:29-30)

I will put an end to the pride of the mighty... When ter ror
comes, they will seek peace, but there will be none. (Ezekiel,
7:24-25)

"Now this was the sin of your sis ter Sodom: She and her
daugh ters were ar ro gant, over fed and un con cerned; they did
not help the poor and needy... You will bear the con se quen ces
of your lewd ness and your de test a ble prac ti ces," de clares the
Lord. (Ezekiel, 16:49, 58)

In the pride of your heart you say, "I am a god; I sit on the
throne of a god in the heart of the seas." [God is be yond this.]
But you are a man and not a god... (Ezekiel, 28:2)

His ar ro gance tes ti fies against him, but de spite all this he
does not re turn to the Lord his God or search for Him. (Hosea,
7:10)

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