1 Kings 20:10-11
10Ben-hadad sent to him and said, a“The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people bwho follow me.” 11And the king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.’”Proverbs 18:12
12 cBefore destruction a man’s heart is haughty,but dhumility comes before honor.
Ecclesiastes 9:11-12
Wisdom Better than Folly
11 eAgain I saw that under the sun fthe race is not to the swift, nor gthe battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and hchance ihappen to them all. 12For man jdoes not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and klike birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are lsnared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.Jeremiah 9:23
23Thus says the Lord: m“Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,Ezekiel 28:2
2 n“Son of man, say to othe prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:p“Because your heart is proud,
and qyou have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet ryou are but a man, and no god,
sthough you make your heart like the heart of a god—
Ezekiel 28:9-10
9 tWill you still say, ‘I am a god,’in the presence of those who kill you,
though uyou are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?
10 vYou shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of foreigners;
wfor I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”
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