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Haughty eyes, a proud heart,
    and evil actions are all sin.

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In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for

“God opposes the proud
    but gives grace to the humble.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 5:5 Prov 3:34 (Greek version).

17 haughty eyes,
    a lying tongue,
    hands that kill the innocent,

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17 Human pride will be humbled,
    and human arrogance will be brought down.
Only the Lord will be exalted
    on that day of judgment.

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13 All who fear the Lord will hate evil.
    Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance,
    corruption and perverse speech.

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23 But if you have doubts about whether or not you should eat something, you are sinning if you go ahead and do it. For you are not following your convictions. If you do anything you believe is not right, you are sinning.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 14:23 Some manuscripts place the text of 16:25-27 here.

14 I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

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A Warning to Jerusalem

16 The Lord says, “Beautiful Zion[a] is haughty:
craning her elegant neck,
    flirting with her eyes,
walking with dainty steps,
    tinkling her ankle bracelets.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:16 Or The women of Zion (with corresponding changes to plural forms through verse 24); Hebrew reads The daughters of Zion; also in 3:17.

27 The sacrifice of an evil person is detestable,
    especially when it is offered with wrong motives.

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The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked,
    but he delights in the prayers of the upright.

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The wicked are too proud to seek God.
    They seem to think that God is dead.

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11 Human pride will be brought down,
    and human arrogance will be humbled.
Only the Lord will be exalted
    on that day of judgment.

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13 They look proudly around,
    casting disdainful glances.

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