Thematic Bible
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"For look! The day [is] about to come, burning like an oven, and all the arrogant and every {evildoer} will be stubble. The coming day will consume them," says Yahweh of hosts. "It will not leave behind for them root or branch.
Blessed [is] the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not turn to [the] proud and [to those who] fall away [to] a lie.
Though Yahweh [is] high, yet he sees [the] lowly, but [the] proud he perceives at a distance.
For long enough our soul has had its fill of the derision of the self-confident, the contempt of [the] arrogant.
he is conceited, understanding nothing, but having a morbid interest concerning controversies and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, slanders, evil suspicions,
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
[The] arrogant have dug pits for me, which [is] not according to your law.
Let the arrogant be put to shame, because they have wronged me [with] lies. As for me, I will meditate on your precepts.
And now we [are] calling [the] arrogant blessed! Not only do those who do wickedness prosper; they also test God and they escape!'"