Proverbs 16:18
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Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.
Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride.
If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’ But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ . . .
By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD. In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him. For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—
The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
For no word from God will ever fail.”
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.” For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast in His presence.
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position. But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions, and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem. Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.
then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
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