proud people
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6But he gives a greater grace. Therefore he says: “God resists the arrogant, but he gives grace to the humble.”
5Similarly, young persons, be subject to the elders. And infuse all humility among one another, for God resists the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace.
11The lofty eyes of man have been humbled, and the haughtiness of men will be bowed down. Then the Lord alone shall be exalted, in that day.
3Let nothing be done by contention, nor in vain glory. Instead, in humility, let each of you esteem others to be better than himself.
18Arrogance precedes destruction. And the spirit is exalted before a fall.
4Let each of you not consider anything to be your own, but rather to belong to others.
5All the arrogant are an abomination to the Lord. Even if hand will be joined to hand, he is not innocent. The beginning of a good way is to do justice. And this is more acceptable with God than to immolate sacrifices.
21You have rebuked the arrogant. Those who decline from your commandments are accursed.
13The fear of the Lord hates evil. I detest arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
2Wherever arrogance may be, there too is insult. But wherever humility is, there too is wisdom.
1And Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan. And he was urged by the Spirit into the wilderness 2for forty days, and he was tested by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days. And when they were completed, he was hungry. 3Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, speak to this stone, so that it may be made into bread.” 4And Jesus answered him, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ ” 5And the devil led him onto a high mountain, and he showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 6and he said to him: “To you, I will give all this power, and its glory. For they have been handed over to me, and I give them to whomever I wish.
23Humiliation follows the arrogant. And glory shall uphold the humble in spirit.
9Now about certain persons who consider themselves to be just, while disdaining others, he told also this parable: 10“Two men ascended to the temple, in order to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. 11Standing, the Pharisee prayed within himself in this way: ‘O God, I give thanks to you that I am not like the rest of men: robbers, unjust, adulterers, even as this tax collector chooses to be. 12I fast twice between Sabbaths. I give tithes from all that I possess.’ 13And the tax collector, standing at a distance, was not willing to even lift up his eyes to heaven. But he struck his chest, saying: ‘O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.’ 14I say to you, this one descended to his house justified, but not the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled; and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
4So let each one prove his own work. And in this way, he shall have glory in himself only, and not in another.