Luke 14:9

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⁹If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.

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Proverbs 16:18

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¹⁸Pride^(A) goes before destruction,
a haughty spirit^(B) before a fall.^(C)

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Proverbs 11:2

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²When pride comes, then comes disgrace,^(A)
but with humility comes wisdom.^(B)

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Proverbs 3:35

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³⁵The wise inherit honor,
but fools get only shame.

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Daniel 4:30-34

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³⁰he said, “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory^(A) of my majesty?”^(B)

³¹Even as the words were on his lips, a voice came from heaven, “This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you.^(C) ³²You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.”^(D)

³³Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like the ox. His body was drenched^(E) with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.^(F)

³⁴At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity^(G) was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever.^(H)

His dominion is an eternal dominion;
his kingdom^(I) endures from generation to generation.^(J)

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Ezekiel 28:2-10

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²“Son of man^(A), say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘In the pride of your heart
    you say, “I am a god;
I sit on the throne^(B) of a god
    in the heart of the seas.”^(C)
But you are a mere mortal and not a god,
    though you think you are as wise as a god.^(D)
³Are you wiser than Daniel^[a]?^(E)
    Is no secret hidden from you?
⁴By your wisdom and understanding
    you have gained wealth for yourself
and amassed gold and silver
    in your treasuries.^(F)
⁵By your great skill in trading^(G)
    you have increased your wealth,^(H)
and because of your wealth
    your heart has grown proud.^(I)

⁶“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Because you think you are wise,
    as wise as a god,
⁷I am going to bring foreigners against you,
    the most ruthless of nations;^(J)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom^(K)
    and pierce your shining splendor.^(L)
⁸They will bring you down to the pit,^(M)
    and you will die a violent death^(N)
    in the heart of the seas.^(O)
⁹Will you then say, “I am a god,”
    in the presence of those who kill you?
You will be but a mortal, not a god,^(P)
    in the hands of those who slay you.^(Q)
¹⁰You will die the death of the uncircumcised^(R)
    at the hands of foreigners.

I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 28:3 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature

Esther 6:6-12

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⁶When Haman entered, the king asked him, “What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?”

Now Haman thought to himself, “Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?” ⁷So he answered the king, “For the man the king delights to honor, ⁸have them bring a royal robe^(A) the king has worn and a horse^(B) the king has ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head. ⁹Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them robe the man the king delights to honor, and lead him on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!^(C)’”

¹⁰“Go at once,” the king commanded Haman. “Get the robe and the horse and do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything you have recommended.”

¹¹So Haman got^(D) the robe and the horse. He robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city streets, proclaiming before him, “This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!”

¹²Afterward Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered^(E) in grief,

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