Psalms 75:5 · KJV
“Lift not up your horn on high: speak {not with} a stiff neck.”
— Psalms 75:5
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
For promotion {cometh} neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. {south: Heb. desert}
Psalms 75 — Context
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
4I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5Lift not up your horn on high: speak {not with} a stiff neck.
6For promotion {cometh} neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. {south: Heb. desert}
7But God {is} the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Cross References
Acts 7:51
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers {did}, so {do} ye.
Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that thou {art} obstinate, and thy neck {is} an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; {obstinate: Heb. hard}
2 Chronicles 30:8
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers {were, but} yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. {be ye...: Heb. harden not your necks} {yield...: Heb. give the hand}
Deuteronomy 31:27
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
Exodus 32:9
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it {is} a stiffnecked people:
Ezekiel 2:4
For {they are} impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. {impudent: Heb. hard of face}