Proverbs 11:2
2 aWhen pride comes, then comes disgrace,but with bthe humble is wisdom.
Proverbs 16:18
18 cPride goes before destruction,and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Ezekiel 16:14-15
14And dyour renown went forth among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through the splendor that I had bestowed on you, declares the Lord God.15 e“But you trusted in your beauty fand played the whore ▼
▼Or were unfaithful; also verses 16, 17, 26, 28
because of your renown hand lavished your whorings ▼▼Or unfaithfulness; also verses 20, 22, 25, 26, 29, 33, 34, 36
on any passerby; your beauty ▼▼Hebrew it
became his. Ezekiel 28:2
2 k“Son of man, say to lthe prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:m“Because your heart is proud,
and nyou have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet oyou are but a man, and no god,
pthough you make your heart like the heart of a god—
Ezekiel 28:5
5by your great wisdom in your tradeyou have increased your wealth,
and qyour heart has become proud in your wealth—
Ezekiel 31:10
10“Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because rit ▼▼Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew you
towered high and set its top among the clouds, and tits heart was proud of its height, Luke 14:11
11For ueveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”James 4:6
6But vhe gives more grace. Therefore it says, w“God opposes the proud but xgives grace to the humble.”
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