Deuteronomy 8:14
14 athen your heart be lifted up, and you bforget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,Deuteronomy 17:20
20that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he cmay not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, dso that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel.2 Kings 14:10
10You have indeed estruck down Edom, fand your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory, and stay at home, for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”2 Chronicles 26:16
Uzziah’s Pride and Punishment
16But when ghe was strong, hhe grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.2 Chronicles 32:25
25But Hezekiah idid not make return according to the benefit done to him, for jhis heart was proud. Therefore kwrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem.Proverbs 16:18-19
18 lPride goes before destruction,and a haughty spirit before a fall.
19 mIt is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor
than to ndivide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs 18:12
12 oBefore destruction a man’s heart is haughty,but phumility comes before honor.
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