Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor. Treasury of Scripture Pride goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 11:2 When pride cometh,...
There is nothing into which the heart of man so easily falls as PRIDE, and yet there is no vice which is more frequently, more emphatically, and more eloquently condemned in Scripture. Pride is a groundless thing. It standeth on the sands; or worse than that, it puts its foot on the...
“Butlet it bethe hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible,even the ornamentof a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.”(First Peter 1:4) The world says“meekness is weakness.”The world seems to flaunt loudness, obnoxiousness, and rud...
Treasury of Scripture And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: will break 1 Samuel 4:3,11 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the ...
“ If pride is what goes before a fall, the shame is what keeps you from getting up after one.” Max lucado 2) Contention. “Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.” Proverbs 13:10. “He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that put...
You see, I encourage my congregation to compare translations when doing a verse-by-verse study of Scripture, for, like turning a faceted jewel, a different perspective can bring out color and sparkle never seen before. It’s the same flawless stone, but from a different angle. Granted, not...
will be like figs ripe before harvest— as soon as people see them and take them in hand, they swallow them. 5 In that day the Lord Almighty will be a glorious crown,a beautiful wreath for the remnant of his people.6 He will be a spirit of justice to the one who sits in judgment...