Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.Read in Books4Free →
Pride and Humility
From The City of God by Saint Augustine
God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble; pride precedes destruction while humility leads to honor and exaltation in due time.
James 4:6
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.Read in Books4Free →
1 Peter 5:5-6
Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you.
Read in Books4Free →Philippians 2:3-11
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus—who humbled himself.
Read in Books4Free →Proverbs 11:2
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Read in Books4Free →Proverbs 22:4
By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.
Read in Books4Free →Matthew 23:12
Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Read in Books4Free →Micah 6:8
Do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God.
Read in Books4Free →Luke 14:11
Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Read in Books4Free →Proverbs 29:23
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Read in Books4Free →Isaiah 66:2
To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit.
Read in Books4Free →Daniel 4:30-37
Nebuchadnezzar's humbling—those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
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