Pride
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Pride ends in humiliation,
while humility brings honor.
Proverbs 29:23 (New Living Translation)
A man’s pride brings him low,
but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.
Proverbs 29:23 (New International Version)
Pride lands you flat on your face;
humility prepares you for honors.
Proverbs 29:23 (The Message)
Pride
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It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.
2 Corinthians 3:5 (New Living Translation)
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God.
2 Corinthians 3:5 (New King James Version)
We wouldn’t think of writing this kind of letter about ourselves. Only God can write such a letter.
2 Corinthians 3:5 (The Message)
Pride
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True humility and fear of the Lord
lead to riches, honor, and long life.
Proverbs 22:4 (New Living Translation)
Humility and the fear of the LORD
bring wealth and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:4 (New International Version)
The payoff for meekness and Fear-of-God
is plenty and honor and a satisfying life.
Proverbs 22:4 (The Message)
Pride
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If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important.
Galatians 6:3 (New Living Translation)
For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Galatians 6:3 (New King James Version)
Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ’s law. If you think you are too good for that, you are badly deceived.
Galatians 6:3 (The Message)
Pride – Proverbs 26:12
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There is more hope for fools
than for people who think they are wise.
Proverbs 26:12 (New Living Translation)
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 26:12 (New International Version)
See that man who thinks he’s so smart?
You can expect far more from a fool than from him.
Proverbs 26:12 (The Message)
