The Spirit Of Pride

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?'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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.

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

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,

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

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?

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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,

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 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 →

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.

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

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,

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

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.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

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

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

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,

For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy <FI>is<Fi> His name: `In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'

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.

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.

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

The end of humility <FI>is<Fi> the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life.

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 →

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

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 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.

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

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,

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

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

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.

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

and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

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

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 →

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

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?')

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

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

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;

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.

for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will--these ye may not do;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders, — read the full passage →

that Azariah son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and all the proud men, speak unto Jeremiah, saying, `Falsehood thou art speaking; Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Do not enter Egypt to sojourn there;

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 →

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

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted; — read the full passage →

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

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

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,

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

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 →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

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 →

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to sound words--those of our Lord Jesus Christ--and to the teaching according to piety, — read the full passage →

And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up;

Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

`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;

`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 apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

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

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.'