Pride and Humility

From The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble; humility is essential to godliness, while pride precedes destruction.
Proverbs 16:18

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

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James 4:6-10

God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

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Philippians 2:3-11

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus... he humbled himself.

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1 Peter 5:5-6

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you.

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Proverbs 11:2

When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

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Matthew 23:12

Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

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Micah 6:8

What doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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Luke 18:9-14

The Pharisee and the publican — he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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Proverbs 29:23

A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

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Isaiah 14:12-15

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer... I will be like the most High.

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Daniel 4:30-37

Nebuchadnezzar's pride and humbling.

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Matthew 5:5

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

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