Psalms 73:8
8They scoff and aspeak with malice;loftily they threaten oppression.
Proverbs 16:18
18 bPride goes before destruction,and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Daniel 5:20
20But cwhen his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, dhe was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.Habakkuk 1:15-16
15 eHe ▼▼That is, the wicked foe
brings all of them up gwith a hook;he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his dragnet;
so he rejoices and is glad.
16 hTherefore he sacrifices to his net
and makes offerings to his dragnet;
for by them he lives in luxury, ▼
▼Hebrew his portion is fat
and his food is rich.
Habakkuk 2:4-5
4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,but jthe righteous shall live by his faith. ▼
▼Or faithfulness
5 “Moreover, wine ▼
▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll wealth
is ma traitor,an arrogant man who is never at rest. ▼
▼The meaning of the Hebrew of these two lines is uncertain
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like death ohe has never enough.
pHe gathers for himself all nations
and collects as his own all peoples.”
Luke 12:19-20
19And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up qfor many years; relax, reat, drink, be merry.”’ 20But God said to him, s‘Fool! tThis night uyour soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, vwhose will they be?’Luke 14:11
11For weveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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