OT.filter - geneva boast:

geneva@Genesis:24:27 @ And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy (note:)He does not boast in his good fortune (as the wicked do) but acknowledges that God has dealt mercifully with this matter in keeping his promise.(:note) and his truth: I [being] in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

geneva@Genesis:30:18 @ And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my (note:)Instead of acknowledging her fault she boasts as if God had rewarded her for it.(:note) maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

geneva@Genesis:32:31 @ And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he (note:)The faithful to overcome their temptations, so that they feel the pain of it, so they would not boast, except in their humility.(:note) halted upon his thigh.

geneva@1Kings:20:11 @ And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on [his harness] boast himself as he that (note:)Do not boast before the victory is won.(:note) putteth it off.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:23 @ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the (note:)By this cruelty his ambition and hypocrisy was discovered; thus the hypocrites boast of the Spirit which they do not have, and declare their malice against them on whom the true Spirit is.(:note) cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

geneva@Psalms:10:3 @ For the wicked (note:)The wicked man rejoices in his own lust he boasts when he has that he would; he brags of his wit and wealth and blesses himself and thus blasphemes the Lord.(:note) boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

geneva@Psalms:34:2 @ My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the (note:)They who are beaten down with the experience of their own evils.(:note) humble shall hear [thereof], and be glad.

geneva@Psalms:44:17 @ All this is come upon us; yet have we not (note:)They boast not of their virtues, but declare that they rest on God in the midst of their affliction: who did not punished their sins now, but by hard afflictions called them to the consideration of the heavenly joys.(:note) forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

geneva@Psalms:49:6 @ They that trust in their (note:)To trust in riches is madness, seeing they can neither restore life, nor prolong it.(:note) wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

geneva@Psalms:52:1 @ «To the chief Musician, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.» Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O (note:)O Doeg, who half consider to be the tyrant Saul, and had the power to murder the saints of God.(:note) mighty man? the goodness of God [endureth] continually.

geneva@Psalms:59:7 @ Behold, they (note:)They boast openly in their wicked devises, and every word is as a sword: for they neither fear God nor are ashamed of men.(:note) belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?

geneva@Psalms:86:16 @ O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the (note:)He boasts not of his own virtues, but confesses that God of his free goodness has always been merciful to him, and given him power against his enemies, as to one of his own household.(:note) son of thine handmaid.

geneva@Psalms:119:14 @ I have (note:)The prophet does not boast of his virtues, but sets forth an example for others to follow God's word, and leave worldly vanities.(:note) rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.

geneva@Psalms:119:124 @ Deal with thy (note:)He does not boast that he is God's servant, but by this reminds God that as he made him his by his grace, so he would continue his favour toward him.(:note) servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

geneva@Proverbs:9:13 @ A (note:)By the foolish woman, some understand the wicked preachers, who counterfeit the word of God: as appears in (Pro_9:16) which were the words of the true preachers as in (Pro_9:4) but their doctrine is as stolen waters: meaning that they are men's traditions, which are more pleasant to the flesh than the word of God, and therefore they themselves boast of it.(:note) foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

geneva@Proverbs:20:6 @ Many men wil boast, euery one of his owne goodnes: but who can finde a faithfull man?

geneva@Proverbs:20:14 @ It is naught, it is naught, sayth the buyer: but when he is gone apart, he boasteth.

geneva@Proverbs:25:6 @ Boast not thy selfe before the King, and stand not in the place of great men.

geneva@Proverbs:25:14 @ Whoever boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] (note:)Which have an outward appearance, and are nothing within.(:note) clouds and wind without rain.

geneva@Proverbs:27:1 @ Boast not thyself of to (note:)Do not delay the time, but take the opportunity when it is offered.(:note) morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:16 @ Be not righteous (note:)Do not boast too much of your own justice and wisdom.(:note) over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

geneva@Isaiah:10:15 @ Shall the (note:)Here we see that no creature is able to do anything, but as God appoints him, and that they are all his instruments to do his work though the intentions are diverse, as in (Isa_10:6).(:note) axe boast itself against him that heweth with it? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it, [or] as if the staff should lift [itself, as if it were] no wood.

geneva@Isaiah:17:4 @ And in that day it shall come to pass, [that] the glory of (note:)Meaning, of the ten tribes who boasted themselves of their nobility, prosperity, strength and multitude.(:note) Jacob shall be diminished, and the fatness of his flesh shall become lean.

geneva@Isaiah:20:5 @ And they shall be afraid and ashamed of (note:)In whose aid they trusted.(:note) Cush their expectation, and of Egypt their Of whom they boasted and gloried. glory.

geneva@Isaiah:37:25 @ I have dug, (note:)He boasts of his policy in that he can find means to nourish his army: and of his power in that his army is so great, that it is able to dry up whole rivers, and to destroy the waters which the Jews had closed in.(:note) and drank water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

geneva@Isaiah:57:3 @ But draw near here, ye (note:)He threatens the wicked hypocrites, who under the pretence of the name of God's people, derided God's word and his promises: boasting openly that they were the children of Abraham, but because they were not faithful and obedient as Abraham was, he calls them bastards and the children of sorcerers, who forsook God, and fled to wicked means for comfort.(:note) sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

geneva@Isaiah:61:6 @ But ye shall be named the (note:)This is accomplished in the time of Christ, by whom all the faithful are made priests and kings, (1Pe_2:9; Rev_1:6, Rev_5:10).(:note) Priests of the LORD: [men] shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the Read (Isa_60:11, Isa_60:16). riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:7 @ Who [is] this [that] cometh up as (note:)He derides the boastings of the Egyptians, who thought by their riches and power to have overcome all the world, alluding to the Nile river, which at certain times overflows the country of Egypt.(:note) a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

geneva@Ezekiel:16:3 @ And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD to Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity [is] of the land (note:)You boast to be of the seed of Abraham, but you are degenerate and follow the abominations of the wicked Canaanites as children do the manners of their fathers, (Isa_1:4, Isa_57:3).(:note) of Canaan; thy father [was] an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:21 @ Speak to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will (note:)By sending the Chaldeans to destroy it, as in {{See Eze_7:22}}.(:note) profane my sanctuary, the In which you boast and delight. excellence of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

geneva@Ezekiel:35:13 @ Thus with your mouthes ye haue boasted against me, & haue multiplied your words against me: I haue heard them.

geneva@Daniel:2:5 @ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye (note:)This is a just reward of their arrogance (who boasted of themselves that they had knowledge of all things), that they should be proved fools, and that to their perpetual shame and confusion.(:note) shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

geneva@Hosea:1:4 @ And the LORD said unto him, Call his name (note:)Meaning that they would no longer be called Israelites, which name they boasted because Israel did prevail with God: but that they were as bastards, and therefore should be called Jezreelites, that is, scattered people, alluding to Jezreel, which was the chief city of the ten tribes under Ahab, where Jehu shed so much blood; (1Ki_18:45).(:note) Jezreel; for yet a little [while], and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of I will be avenged upon Jehu for the blood that he shed in Jezreel: for even though God stirred him up to execute his judgments, yet he did them for his own ambition, and not for the glory of God as the intended goal: for he built up that idolatry which he had destroyed. Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

geneva@Hosea:2:2 @ Plead with your (note:)God shows that the fault was not in him, that he forsook them, but in their Synagogue, and their idolatries; (Isa_50:1).(:note) mother, plead: for she [is] not my wife, neither [am] I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries Meaning that their idolatry was so great, that they were not ashamed, but boasted of it; (Eze_16:25). from between her breasts;

geneva@Hosea:4:5 @ Therefore shalt thou fall in the (note:)You will both perish together as one, because the former would not obey, and the other, because he would not admonish.(:note) day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy That is, the synagogue in which you boast. mother.

geneva@Hosea:5:3 @ I know (note:)They boasted themselves not only to be Israelites, but also Ephraimites, because their King Jeroboam came from that tribe.(:note) Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, [and] Israel is defiled.

geneva@Hosea:7:16 @ They return, [but] not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage (note:)Because they boast of their own strength, and do not care what they speak against me and my servants; (Psa_73:9).(:note) of their tongue: this [shall be] their derision in the land of Egypt.

geneva@Amos:5:2 @ The (note:)He so calls them, because they so boasted of themselves, or because they were given to lustfulness and daintiness.(:note) virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; [there is] none to raise her up.

geneva@Amos:6:10 @ And a man's uncle (note:)The destruction will be so great, that almost none will be left to bury the dead: and therefore they will burn them at home, to carry out the burnt ashes with more ease.(:note) shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that [is] by the That is, to some neighbour that dwells near by. sides of the house, [Is there] yet [any] with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, They will be so astonished at this destruction, that they will not boast any more of the name of God, and that they are his people: but they will be silent when they hear God's name, and abhor it, as those that are desperate, or reprobate. Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.

geneva@Micah:1:5 @ For the transgression of Jacob [is] all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? [is it] not (note:)Samaria, which should have been an example to all Israel of true religion and justice, was the dirty pool and the tank that all idolatry and corruption was kept alive in, and who prided themselves in their father Jacob, and boasted of him.(:note) Samaria? and what [are] the high That is, the idolatry and infection. places of Judah? [are they] not Jerusalem?

geneva@Zephaniah:3:5 @ The (note:)The wicked thus boasted that God was ever among them, but the Prophet answers that that cannot excuse their wickedness: for God will not bear with their sins. Yet he did patiently abide and sent his Prophets continually to call them to repentance, but he profited nothing.(:note) just LORD [is] in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:11 @ In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for (note:)For they will have full remission of their sins, and the hypocrites who boasted of the temple, which was also your pride in times past, will be taken from you.(:note) all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.

geneva@Malachi:2:3 @ Behold, I will corrupt (note:)The seed you sow will come to no profit.(:note) your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, [even] the You boast of your holiness, sacrifices, and feasts, but they will turn to your shame and be as vile as dung. dung of your solemn feasts; and [one] shall take you away with it.