Thematic Bible: The pride of man

The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.

Verse Concepts

Attitudes Of HumilityModestyPride, Evil OfPride, Results OfSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfAbaseAbasement Of The ProudAbasing People

The Proud Will Be AbasedThe Honourable Will Be HonouredPrideBeing HumbleHumble YourselfHumility And Pridearrogancehumble

Lo, the day of Jehovah doth come, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Yea, its sinning ones He destroyeth from it. For the stars of the heavens, and their constellations, Cause not their light to shine, Darkened hath been the sun in its going out, And the moon causeth not its light to come forth. And I have appointed on the world evil, And on the wicked their iniquity, And have caused to cease the excellency of the proud, And the excellency of the terrible I make low.

Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Edom, A report we have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations was sent, 'Rise, yea, let us rise against her for battle.' Lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised art thou exceedingly. The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, O dweller in clifts of a rock, (A high place is his habitation, He is saying in his heart, 'Who doth bring me down to earth?')

The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day. For a day is to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,