Job 40:12

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

Cross-reference

Psalm 60:12 Parallel

Psalm 60:12 says God will tread down our foes — same 'tread down' language as Job 40:12, emphasizing God's victory over the wicked.

Proverbs 15:25 states the LORD tears down the house of the proud — direct parallel to bringing low the proud in Job 40:12.

Isaiah 10:12 describes God punishing the king of Assyria for his pride, a specific example of this principle.

2 Corinthians 10:5 speaks of destroying lofty opinions, a NT application of humbling pride.

Micah 1:3 Parallel

Micah 1:3 says the LORD will tread upon the high places, similar to treading down the wicked in Job.

Daniel 5:20 Parallel

Daniel 5:20 tells how Nebuchadnezzar was brought down from his throne due to pride, a clear parallel.

Daniel 4:37 Parallel

Daniel 4:37 explicitly states that God humbles those who walk in pride, directly matching Job's theme.

Ezekiel 28:17 recounts God casting down the proud king of Tyre, a direct parallel to treading down the wicked.

Ezekiel 17:24 describes God bringing low the high tree, a metaphor for humbling the proud.

Jeremiah 50:31 declares God against the proud one, reinforcing the theme of divine judgment on pride.

Isaiah 23:9 Parallel

Isaiah 23:9 shows God's purpose to defile the pride of all glory, echoing the humbling of the proud in Job.

Isaiah 22:19 shows God deposing a proud official, illustrating the humbling of the proud in action.

Isaiah 10:33 uses the metaphor of lofty trees being felled to depict God humbling the proud, similar imagery.

In 2 Samuel 22:28, the same theme: God saves the humble but brings down the haughty.

Isaiah 5:15 Parallel

Isaiah 5:15 speaks of people being brought low and the arrogant humbled, echoing this verse's theme.

Proverbs 29:23 states pride brings a person low, directly paralleling the humbling action here.

Proverbs 16:5 declares God detests the proud and they will not go unpunished, aligning with this judgment.

Psalm 138:6 Parallel

Psalm 138:6 contrasts God's regard for the lowly with His distance from the proud, matching the humbling theme.

Psalm 119:21 describes God rebuking the arrogant, similar to crushing the wicked in this verse.

Psalm 101:5 Parallel

Psalm 101:5 shows God's intolerance for the proud and haughty, paralleling the humbling of the proud here.

Psalm 94:2 Parallel

Psalm 94:2 echoes this call for God to judge the proud, reinforcing that God actively repays pride.

Psalm 59:11 Parallel

Psalm 59:11 asks God to 'bring them down' — directly parallels Job 40:12's command to tread down the wicked.

Nehemiah 9:10 recounts God humbling Pharaoh for his arrogance — a clear example of God bringing down the proud.

Malachi 4:3 Allusion

In Malachi 4:3, the righteous trample the wicked as ashes underfoot, a future fulfillment of treading down the proud.

Isaiah 10:6 Parallel

In Isaiah 10:6, God sends Assyria to trample a godless nation like mud, echoing the same divine action of treading down the proud.

In Romans 16:20, God crushes Satan under believers' feet, extending the theme of divine victory over the proud enemy.