Job 15:25
For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
BSB
ASV
Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
KJV
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
For he stretcheth out his hand against God - The hand is stretched out for battle. It wields the spear or the sword against an enemy. The idea here is, that the wicked man makes God an adversary. He does not contend with his fellow-man, with fate, with the elements, with evil angels, but with God. His opponent is an Almighty Being, and he cannot prevail against him; compare the notes at Isa 27:4. And strengtheneth himself - As an army does that throws up a rampart, or constructs a fortification.
This applies to the audacious impiety of some sinners who are really haters of God ( Rom. i. 30 ), and whose carnal mind is not only an enemy to him, but enmity itself, Rom. viii. But, alas! the sinner's malice is as impotent as it is impudent; what can he do?
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Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised…
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The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
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Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
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This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release…
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Psalms 73:9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
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And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
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1 Samuel 6:6Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people on their way as they departed?
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And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.
Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
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