Pride

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

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

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

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?'

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;

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

for if any one doth think <FI>himself<Fi> to be something--being nothing--himself he doth deceive;

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

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

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,

and he who is boasting--in the Lord let him boast; — read the full passage →

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

`Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works <FI>are<Fi> truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'

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;

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

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,

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

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; --

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

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,

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

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,

The sin of their mouth <FI>is<Fi> a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless-- — read the full passage →

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

And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation, — read the full passage →

The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour--honour.

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

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

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?')

and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

Better <FI>is<Fi> the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better <FI>is<Fi> the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.

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

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 I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass;

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.

The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.

because thou sayest--I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,

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.

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

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.

Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

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.

High hath been thy heart, because of thy beauty, Thou hast corrupted thy wisdom because of thy brightness, On the earth I have cast thee, Before kings I have set thee, to look on thee,

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?

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it--your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.'

Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;

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

And at his being strong his heart hath been high unto destruction, and he trespasseth against Jehovah his God, and goeth in unto the temple of Jehovah to make perfume upon the altar of perfume.

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.

We have heard of the pride of Moab--very proud, His pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath, Not right <FI>are<Fi> his devices.

so that he who is thinking to stand--let him observe, lest he fall.

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

Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer.

and Hezekiah hath not returned according to the deed <FI>done<Fi> unto him, for his heart hath been lofty, and there is wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem; — read the full passage →

Thy terribleness hath lifted thee up, The pride of thy heart, O dweller in clefts of the rock, Holding the high place of the height, For thou makest high as an eagle thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.

because one bread, one body, are we the many--for we all of the one bread do partake. — read the full passage →

And the third day a marriage happened in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there, — read the full passage →

Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice? — read the full passage →

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

`Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Jehovah thy God so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day; — read the full passage →

How hast thou fallen from the heavens, O shining one, son of the dawn! Thou hast been cut down to earth, O weakener of nations. — read the full passage →

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

for not he who is commending himself is approved, but he whom the Lord doth commend.

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

and if any one doth think to know anything, he hath not yet known anything according as it behoveth <FI>him<Fi> to know;

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

for not again ourselves do we recommend to you, but we are giving occasion to you of glorifying in our behalf, that ye may have <FI>something<Fi> in reference to those glorifying in face and not in heart;

`And thy heart hath been high, and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy God (who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;

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.

How hast thou fallen from the heavens, O shining one, son of the dawn! Thou hast been cut down to earth, O weakener of nations. — read the full passage →

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

Before destruction <FI>is<Fi> pride, And before stumbling--a haughty spirit.' — read the full passage →

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many <FI>are<Fi> fighting against me, O most High,

For we do not make bold to rank or to compare ourselves with certain of those commending themselves, but they, among themselves measuring themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise,

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, — read the full passage →

`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, — read the full passage →

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.

In that day is the Shoot of Jehovah for desire and for honour, And the fruit of the earth For excellence and for beauty to the escaped of Israel.

`As much as she did glorify herself and did revel, so much torment and sorrow give to her, because in her heart she saith, I sit a queen, and a widow I am not, and sorrow I shall not see;

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

and all to Moses were baptized in the cloud, and in the sea;

`And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,

And Samuel saith, `How do I go? when Saul hath heard, then he hath slain me.' And Jehovah saith, `A heifer of the herd thou dost take in thy hand, and hast said, To sacrifice to Jehovah I have come;

I go up above the heights of a thick cloud, I am like to the Most High.

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: — read the full passage →