Job 33:17

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Job 33:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

15 In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

16 He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings

17 to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,

18 to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

19 A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

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Job 17:11

My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.

Genesis 20:6

Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

Isaiah 23:9

The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

Hosea 2:6

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.

Matthew 27:19

While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

Acts 9:2

and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Acts 9:3

As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

Acts 9:4

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

Acts 9:5

“Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.

Acts 9:6

“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

Deuteronomy 8:16

He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

2 Chronicles 32:25

But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

Isaiah 2:11

The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

Daniel 4:30

the 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?”

Daniel 4:31

While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you.

Daniel 4:32

You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”

Daniel 4:33

At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.

Daniel 4:34

But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

Daniel 4:35

All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”

Daniel 4:36

At the same time my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne, and surpassing greatness was added to me.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

2 Corinthians 12:7

or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.