Psalm 75:4-6
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4 I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
and to the wicked, (A)‘Do not lift up your horn;
5 do not lift up your horn on high,
or speak with haughty neck.’”
6 For not from the east or from the west
and not from the wilderness comes (B)lifting up,
Psalm 31:23
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23 Love the Lord, all you his (A)saints!
The Lord preserves the faithful
but abundantly (B)repays the one who acts in pride.
Psalm 1
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Book One
The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked
1 Blessed is the man[a]
who (A)walks not in (B)the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in (C)the way of sinners,
nor (D)sits in (E)the seat of (F)scoffers;
2 but his (G)delight is in the law[b] of the Lord,
and on his (H)law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like (I)a tree
planted by (J)streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its (K)leaf does not wither.
(L)In all that he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so,
but are like (M)chaff that the wind drives away.
1 Kings 2:7
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7 But deal loyally with the sons of (A)Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be (B)among those who eat at your table, (C)for with such loyalty[a] they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
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- 1 Kings 2:7 Or steadfast love
2 Samuel 22:28
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James 4:9-10
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9 (A)Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 (B)Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
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Luke 1:51-52
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51 (A)He has shown strength with his arm;
(B)he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
52 (C)he has brought down the mighty from their thrones
(D)and exalted those of humble estate;
Matthew 23:11-12
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11 (A)The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 (B)Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
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Luke 14:7-11
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The Parable of the Wedding Feast
7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed (A)how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, (B)so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. 11 For (C)everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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Isaiah 13:11
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11 I will punish (A)the world for its evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will (B)put an end to the pomp of the arrogant,
(C)and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.
Leviticus 26:13-19
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13 (A)I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. (B)And I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.
Punishment for Disobedience
14 (C)“But if you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments, 15 if you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my rules, so that you will not do all my commandments, but (D)break my covenant, 16 then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with (E)wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and make the heart ache. And (F)you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 I will (G)set my face against you, and (H)you shall be struck down before your enemies. (I)Those who hate you shall rule over you, and (J)you shall flee when none pursues you. 18 And if in spite of this you will not listen to me, then I will discipline you again (K)sevenfold for your sins, 19 and I will break (L)the pride of your power, and I (M)will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.
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Jeremiah 13:1-9
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The Ruined Loincloth
13 Thus says the Lord to me, “Go and buy a linen loincloth and (A)put it around your waist, and do not dip it in water.” 2 So I bought a loincloth according to the word of the Lord, and put it around my waist. 3 And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, 4 “Take the loincloth that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, (B)go to the Euphrates and hide it there in (C)a cleft of the rock.” 5 So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. 6 And after many days the Lord said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there (D)the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.” 7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and I took (E)the loincloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the loincloth was (F)spoiled; it was (G)good for nothing.
8 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9 “Thus says the Lord: (H)Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great (I)pride of Jerusalem.
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Zephaniah 3:10-11
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10 (A)From beyond the rivers (B)of Cush
my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones,
shall bring my offering.
11 (C)“On that day (D)you shall not be put to shame
because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;
for then (E)I will remove from your midst
your proudly exultant ones,
and (F)you shall no longer be haughty
in my holy mountain.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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