A man'spridewill bringhim low,But a humblespiritwill obtainhonor.
"Whenyou are castdown,you will speakwith confidence,And the humblepersonHe will save.
"Lookon everyonewhois proud,[and] humblehim, And treaddownthe wickedwherethey stand.
When pridecomes,then comesdishonor,But with the humbleis wisdom.
The fearof the LORDis the instructionfor wisdom,And beforehonor[comes] humility.
Pride[goes] beforedestruction,And a haughtyspiritbeforestumbling.
It is betterto be humblein spiritwith the lowlyThanto dividethe spoilwith the proud.
He who lovestransgressionlovesstrife;He who raiseshis doorseeksdestruction.
Beforedestructionthe heartof manis haughty,But humility[goes] beforehonor.
The rewardof humility[and] the fearof the LORDAre riches,honorand life.
For thussaysthe highand exaltedOne Who livesforever,whose nameis Holy,"I dwell[on] a highand holyplace, And [also] with the contriteand lowlyof spiritIn order to revivethe spiritof the lowlyAnd to revivethe heartof the contrite.
"For My handmadeallthesethings,Thus allthesethingscameinto being,"declaresthe LORD."But to thisoneI will look,To him whois humbleand contriteof spirit,and whotremblesat My word.
"The arroganceof your hearthas deceivedyou, You who livein the cleftsof the rock,In the loftinessof your dwellingplace,Who sayin your heart,Whowill bringme downto earth?'
"Whoeverthenhumbleshimselfas thischild,he is the greatestin the kingdomof heaven.
"Whoeverexaltshimselfshall be humbled;and whoeverhumbleshimselfshall be exalted.
"Blessedare the poorin spirit,for theirsis the kingdomof heaven.
"For everyonewho exaltshimselfwill be humbled,and he who humbleshimselfwill be exalted."
"I tellyou, this manwentto his housejustifiedrather thanthe other;for everyonewho exaltshimselfwill be humbled,but he who humbleshimselfwill be exalted."
And immediatelyan angelof the Lordstruckhim becausehe did not giveGodthe glory,and he was eaten by wormsand died.
"In the wildernessHe fedyou mannawhichyour fathersdid not know,that He might humbleyou and that He might testyou, to dogoodfor you in the end.
You younger men,likewise,be subjectto [your] elders;and allof you, clotheyourselves with humilitytoward one another,for GODIS OPPOSEDTO THE PROUD,BUT GIVESGRACETO THE HUMBLE.
