And now, O Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in.
Proverbs 18:12 - American Standard Version 2015 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty;\par\tab And before honor {\i goeth} humility. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, And before honour is humility. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Haughtiness comes before disaster, but humility before honor. American Standard Version (1901) Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor goeth humility. Common English Bible Pride comes before a disaster, but humility comes before respect. Catholic Public Domain Version The heart of a man is exalted before it is crushed and humbled before it is glorified. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled. |
And now, O Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in.
When pride cometh, then cometh shame;\par\tab But with the lowly is wisdom.
The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom;\par\tab And before honor {\i goeth} humility.\par
Pride {\i goeth} before destruction,\par\tab And a haughty spirit before a fall.
A man's pride shall bring him low;\par\tab But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God;—
Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou art man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth thee.
And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. Because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it;
And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God for the holy mountain of my God;
At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment went forth, and I am come to tell thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.\par
For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.}\par
Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for {\b God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.}