Pride & Arrogance

"When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents19:6 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds, so 1000 talents is about 30 metric tons of silver to hire chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah."

1 Chronicles 19:6

"that no flesh should boast before God."

1 Corinthians 1:29

"Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you."

1 Corinthians 4:18

"Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him."

1 Kings 1:5

"He has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but he hasn’t called Solomon your servant."

1 Kings 1:19

"“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly."

1 Samuel 2:3

"Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and Samuel was told, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, turned, passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”"

1 Samuel 15:12

"As Samuel turned around to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore."

1 Samuel 15:27

"When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal all those words in the name of David, and waited."

1 Samuel 25:9

"Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days."

1 Samuel 25:10

"In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone."

1 Samuel 25:37

"About ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died."

1 Samuel 25:38

"They cut off his head, stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the house of their idols and to the people."

1 Samuel 31:9

"When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great plunder that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah."

1 Samuel 30:16

"The children of Judah carried away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces."

2 Chronicles 25:12

"You say to yourself that you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even you and Judah with you?’”"

2 Chronicles 25:19

"Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as his wife. Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle."

2 Chronicles 25:18

"But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly and he trespassed against Yahweh his God, for he went into Yahweh’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense."

2 Chronicles 26:16

"So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah."

2 Chronicles 25:21

"They resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, “It isn’t for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from Yahweh God.”"

2 Chronicles 26:18