And now, O LORD my God, you have made your 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 - King James 2000 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is 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 LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility.
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God:
Will you yet say before him that slays you, I am a god? but you shall be a man, and no god, in the hand of him that slays you.
And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he has 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 the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
At the beginning of your supplications the commandment came forth, and I have come to show you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
For whosoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
Likewise, you younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.