When arrogance comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
Luke 14:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The one who invited both of you may come and say to you, “Give your place to this man,” and then in humiliation, you will proceed to take the lowest place. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he who invited both of you will come to you and say, Let this man have the place [you have taken]. Then, with humiliation and a guilty sense of impropriety, you will begin to take the lowest place. American Standard Version (1901) and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place. Common English Bible The host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give your seat to this other person.’ Embarrassed, you will take your seat in the least important place. Catholic Public Domain Version And then he who called both you and him, approaching, may say to you, 'Give this place to him.' And then you would begin, with shame, to take the last place. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place: and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place. |
When arrogance comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
When he had said these things, all his adversaries were humiliated, but the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things he was doing.
Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our father,” for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.