Sirach 10:12-18

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹² The beginning of human pride is to forsake the Lord;
    the heart has withdrawn from its Maker.
¹³ For the beginning of pride is sin,
    and the one who clings to it pours out abominations.
Therefore the Lord brings upon them unheard-of calamities,
    and destroys them completely.
¹⁴ The Lord overthrows the thrones of rulers,
    and enthrones the lowly in their place.
¹⁵ The Lord plucks up the roots of the nations,^[a]
    and plants the humble in their place.
¹⁶ The Lord lays waste the lands of the nations,
    and destroys them to the foundations of the earth.
¹⁷ He removes some of them and destroys them,
    and erases the memory of them from the earth.
¹⁸ Pride was not created for human beings,
    or violent anger for those born of women.