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2 Chronicles 25:19

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You said, 'I struck down Edom.' And for this reason, your heart is lifted up with pride. Settle in your own house. Why do you provoke evil against yourself, so that you may fall, and then Judah with you?"

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Amaziah was not willing to listen to him, because it was the will of the Lord that he be delivered into the hands of the enemies, because of the gods of Edom.

But when he had become strong, his heart was lifted up, even to his own destruction. And he neglected the Lord his God. And entering into the temple of the Lord, he intended to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

But he did not repay according to the benefits which he had received, for his heart was lifted up. And so wrath was brought against him, and against Judah and Jerusalem.

But he sent messengers to him, saying: "What is there between me and you, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today. Instead, I am fighting against another house, to which God instructed me to go promptly. Refrain from acting against God, who is with me, otherwise he may kill you."

Among the arrogant, there are always conflicts. But those who do everything with counsel are ruled by wisdom.

Arrogance precedes destruction. And the spirit is exalted before a fall.

The lips of the foolish meddle in disputes. And his mouth provokes conflicts.

Honor is for the man who separates himself from contentions. But all the foolish meddle in altercations.

Just like one who takes hold of a dog by the ears, so also is he who crosses impatiently and meddles in the quarrels of another.

Whoever boasts and enlarges himself stirs up conflicts. Yet truly, whoever trusts in the Lord will be healed.

Thus says the Lord: "The wise man should not glory in his wisdom, and the strong man should not glory in his strength, and the rich man should not glory in his riches.

And he will seize a multitude, and his heart will be exalted, and he will cast down many thousands, but he will not prevail.

Behold, he who is unbelieving, his soul will not be right within himself; but he who is just shall live in his faith.

Or, what king, advancing to engage in war against another king, would not first sit down and consider whether he may be able, with ten thousand, to meet one who comes against him with twenty thousand?

So then, nothing that is of the flesh should glory in his sight.

your heart might be lifted up, and you might not remember the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude,

But he gives a greater grace. Therefore he says: "God resists the arrogant, but he gives grace to the humble."

Similarly, young persons, be subject to the elders. And infuse all humility among one another, for God resists the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace.




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