Pride goes before destruction
Published in Bible Verses
Pride goes before destruction,
a haughty spirit before a fall.
Better to be lowly in spirit
and among the oppressed
than to share plunder with the proud.
Proverbs 16:18-19 KJV
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Your heart became proud on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor
Ezekiel 28:17 NIV
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He may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil;
1 Timothy 3:6 RSV
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Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,
1 Peter 5:5,6 NASB
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We need a Saviour because we are sinners...
And the wages of sin is death.
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift:
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God
is the object of our faith; the only faith
that saves is faith in Him.
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