Thematic Bible: Who is proud


Thematic Bible




If anyone doth otherwise teach, and doth not adhere to healthful discourses - those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teaching that is, according to godliness, He is beclouded, knowing, nothing, rightly, but is diseased about questionings, and word-battles - out of which spring envy, strife, defamations, wicked surmising, incessant quarrellings of men wholly corrupt in their mind and bereft of the truth, - supposing godliness to be, a means of gain!

Lo! as for the conceited one, crooked is his soul within him,- but, one who is righteous, by his faithfulness, shall live. Moreover also, when wine betrayeth, a man, is arrogant, and findeth no rest, - because he hath enlarged, like hades, his desire, yea, he, is like death, and cannot be satisfied, - but hath gathered unto himself, all the nations, and assembled unto himself, all the peoples.

In the mouth of the foolish, is a haughty rod, but, as for the lips of the wise, thou shalt give heed to them! Verse ConceptsBackLipsSpeech, Power And Significance OfWisdom, Human ImportanceSpeaking, Wisdom InThe Proud Will Be AbasedPrideFoolsHumility And Pridearroganceego