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,...
29 This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. Isaiah 28 New King James Version Woe to Ephraim and Jerusalem 28 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim,Whose glorious beauty is a fading flowerWhich is at the ...
such as myself, could better understand the original text. Where I thought “desire” and “separated himself” meant something noble, the actual meaning of the original text (and the way an Elizabethan reader would have understood the KJV) was something selfish and arrogant. ...