Haughty Eyes

Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked <FI>is<Fi> sin.

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — read the full passage →

Eyes high--tongues false--And hands shedding innocent blood--

Before destruction <FI>is<Fi> pride, And before stumbling--a haughty spirit.'

Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> lying lips, And stedfast doers <FI>are<Fi> his delight.

A generation--how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour <FI>is<Fi> humility.

Their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts <FI>are<Fi> thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction <FI>are<Fi> in their highways.

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> every proud one of heart, Hand to hand he is not acquitted.

and innocent blood is not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee--an inheritance, and there hath been upon thee blood.

Rivulets of waters <FI>is<Fi> the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it. — read the full passage →

For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' <FI>are<Fi> all his devices.

The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.

Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly <FI>is<Fi> wisdom.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul.

For high <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.

because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,

Every high thing he doth see, He <FI>is<Fi> king over all sons of pride.

Pain do his ways at all times, On high <FI>are<Fi> Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries--he puffeth at them.

`Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — read the full passage →

Proud, haughty, scorner <FI>is<Fi> his name, Who is working in the wrath of pride.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!

`Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving <FI>with<Fi> the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling,

My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear, — read the full passage →

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

In that day thou art not ashamed because of any of thine actions, Wherewith thou hast transgressed against Me, For then do I turn aside from thy midst The exulting ones of thine excellency, And thou dost add no more to be haughty, In My holy mountain.

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.

A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled <FI>is<Fi> wisdom.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

And they are haughty and do abomination before Me, And I turn them aside when I have seen.

And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of Jehovah! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.

And it hath come to pass, When the Lord doth fulfil all His work In mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I see concerning the fruit of the greatness Of the heart of the king of Asshur. And concerning the glory of the height of his eyes.

be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they--the high place of the people of the land.

And bowed down is the low, and humbled the high, And the eyes of the haughty become low,

Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, — read the full passage →

And I have appointed on the world evil, And on the wicked their iniquity, And have caused to cease the excellency of the proud, And the excellency of the terrible I make low.

For a day <FI>is<Fi> to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,

for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?

`The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;

Woe <FI>to<Fi> the wise in their own eyes, And--before their own faces--intelligent!

And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

Of man <FI>are<Fi> arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue. — read the full passage →

We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, Exceeding proud! His haughtiness, and his arrogance, And his pride, and the height of his heart,

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the instruction of wisdom, And before honour <FI>is<Fi> humility!

Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: — read the full passage →

And he said--`That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man; — read the full passage →

The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, O dweller in clifts of a rock, (A high place <FI>is<Fi> his habitation, He is saying in his heart, `Who doth bring me down <FI>to<Fi> earth?')

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.

take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,

and when his heart was high, and his spirit was strong to act proudly, he hath been caused to come down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory they have caused to pass away from him,

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,

A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold--good grace. — read the full passage →

A heart devising thoughts of vanity--Feet hasting to run to evil--

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And they have not turned back unto Jehovah their God, Nor have they sought Him for all this.

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

For <FI>an object of<Fi> desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth. — read the full passage →

Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

Ye multiply not--ye speak haughtily--The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.

traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Seek Jehovah, all ye humble of the land, Who His judgment have done, Seek ye righteousness, seek humility, It may be ye are hidden in a day of the anger of Jehovah.

Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled it, To pollute the excellency of all beauty, To make light all the honoured of earth.

A false witness <FI>who<Fi> doth breathe out lies--And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. — read the full passage →

`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it <FI>is<Fi> .

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus,

Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

In the mouth of a fool <FI>is<Fi> a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh--lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; — read the full passage →

Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened. — read the full passage →