Ezekiel 17:6
And it springeth up, and becometh a spreading vine, humble of stature, To turn its thin shoots toward itself, And its roots are under it, And it becometh a vine, and maketh boughs, And sendeth forth beauteous branches.
Ezekiel 17:14
That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant -- that it may stand.
Proverbs 16:18-19
Before destruction is pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.'
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And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
It grew
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It grew
Ezekiel 17:14
That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant -- that it may stand.
Proverbs 16:18
Before destruction is pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.'
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Isaiah 18:5
For before harvest, when the flower is perfect, And the blossom is producing unripe fruit, Then hath one cut the sprigs with pruning hooks, And the branches he hath turned aside, cut down.