When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage.
Proverbs 16:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Pride goeth before destruction, And an haughty spirit before a fall. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. American Standard Version (1901) Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. Common English Bible Pride comes before disaster, and arrogance before a fall. Catholic Public Domain Version Arrogance precedes destruction. And the spirit is exalted before a fall. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall. |
When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage.
Haman entered, and the king asked him, ‘What should be done for the man the king wants to honour? ’ Haman thought to himself, ‘Who is it the king would want to honour more than me? ’
They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.
When arrogance comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
One who loves to offend loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites injury.
Before his downfall a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honour.
A person’s pride will humble him, but a humble spirit will gain honour.
To fear the Lord is to hate evil. I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
One day, while he was worshipping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. Then his son Esar-haddon became king in his place.
As to the terror you cause, your arrogant heart has deceived you. You who live in the clefts of the rock, you who occupy the mountain summit, though you elevate your nest like the eagles, even from there I will bring you down. This is the Lord’s declaration.
The arrogant will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. I will set fire to his cities, and it will consume everything around him.
Your heart became proud because of your beauty; For the sake of your splendour you corrupted your wisdom. So I threw you down to the ground; I made you a spectacle before kings.
The land of Egypt will be a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the Lord. Because you said, ‘The Nile is my own; I made it,’
When the army is carried off, he will become arrogant and cause tens of thousands to fall, but he will not triumph.
‘But you his successor, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
Then he started to curse and to swear with an oath, ‘I don’t know the man! ’ Immediately a cock crowed,
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.
True enough; they were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but beware, ,
He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and incur the same condemnation as the devil.
But the king of the Ammonites would not listen to Jephthah’s message that he sent him.
When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a youth, healthy , and handsome.