Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, "This is what the LORD God of the Hebrews says: "How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so they may serveme.

except that he never humbled himself to the LORD like his father Manasseh had done. In fact, Amon multiplied his own guilt

He practiced what the LORD his God considered to be evil and never humbled himself before Jeremiah the prophet who spoke for the LORD.

If favor is shown to the wicked, they don't learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they act perversely and do not perceive the majesty of the LORD.

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you! John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your minds at last and believe him."

But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men!

In a similar way, you young people must submit to the elders. All of you must clothe yourselves with humility for the sake of each other, because: "God opposes the arrogant, but gives grace to the humble."

Though

That servant who knew what his master wanted but didn't prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.

If you understand these things, how blessed you are if you put them into practice!

But he gives all the more grace. And so he says, "God opposes the arrogant but gives grace to the humble."

General references

Pride precedes destruction; an arrogant spirit appears before a fall.

So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus, too,