But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

For the word of the LORD {is} right; and all his works {are done} in truth.

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all {of you} be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let {not} arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD {is} a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. {arrogancy: Heb. hard}

{He is} the Rock, his work {is} perfect: for all his ways {are} judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right {is} he.

That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.

Now I know that the LORD {is} greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly {he was} above them.

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one {that is} proud, and abase him.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments {are} right, and {that} thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. {right: Heb. righteousness}

The LORD {is} righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. {holy: or, merciful, or, bountiful}

But ye {are} a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: {peculiar: or, purchased} {praises: or, virtues}

God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous {are} thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true {are} thy ways, thou King of saints. {saints: or, nations, or, ages}

And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion {is} an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom {is} from generation to generation:

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. {God...: or, the holy God: Heb. the God the holy}

But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: {in pride: or, to deal proudly} {deposed: Chaldee, made to come down}

And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous {are} thy judgments.

The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, {mentioned: Heb. for a report, or, hearing} {pride: Heb. prides, or, excellencies}

Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. {of the king: Heb. which were the king's} {fetters: or, chains}

How great {are} his signs! and how mighty {are} his wonders! his kingdom {is} an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion {is} from generation to generation.

His prayer also, and {how God} was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they {are} written among the sayings of the seers. {the seers: or, Hosai}

He hath shewed thee, O man, what {is} good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? {walk...: Heb. humble thyself to walk}

For my thoughts {are} not your thoughts, neither {are} your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; {imaginations: or, reasonings}

And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. {to all...: Heb. to generation and generation}

{He is} the Rock, his work {is} perfect: for all his ways {are} judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right {is} he.

Though the LORD {be} high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise {man} glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty {man} glory in his might, let not the rich {man} glory in his riches:

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

[A Psalm {and} Song {at} the dedication of the house of David.] I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

[David's {Psalm} of praise.] I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

For the word of the LORD {is} right; and all his works {are done} in truth.

{As for} God, his way {is} perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he {is} a buckler to all those that trust in him. {tried: or, refined}

{As for} God, his way {is} perfect; the word of the LORD {is} tried: he {is} a buckler to all them that trust in him. {tried: or, refined}

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath {is}, and whose {are} all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

To the only wise God, our Saviour, {be} glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, {and} take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. {let...: Heb. suffer not a whit to fall}

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one {that is} proud, and abase him.

For the LORD {is} a great God, and a great King above all gods.

Now I know that the LORD {is} greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly {he was} above them.

The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, {and} to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. {to stain: Heb. to pollute}

He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified {rather} than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let {not} arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD {is} a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. {arrogancy: Heb. hard}

And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth {his hands} to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

But cursed {be} the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I {am} a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name {is} dreadful among the heathen. {which...: Heb. in whose flock is}

{Let} the high {praises} of God {be} in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; {mouth: Heb. throat}

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, {or} to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people {shall be} my people, and thy God my God: {Intreat...: or, Be not against me}

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. {works: Heb. things, or, words}

And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, {It appertaineth} not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither {shall it be} for thine honour from the LORD God.

By thy great wisdom {and} by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: {thy great...: Heb. the greatness of thy wisdom}

He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. {the proud: Heb. pride}

Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature {shall be} hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

Behold, his soul {which} is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, {be} honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time {is} evil.

This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified {themselves} against the people of the LORD of hosts.

And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, {they that} tempt God are even delivered. {are set up: Heb. are built}

Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, {that they are} the enemies of the cross of Christ:

{Which is} a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of {other} lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. {the corner...: Heb. the gate of it that looketh}

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

Thou hast rebuked the proud {that are} cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and {there} a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men {that were} left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. {into an...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber}

For the day of the LORD of hosts {shall be} upon every {one that is} proud and lofty, and upon every {one that is} lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

Wherefore it shall come to pass, {that} when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. {punish: Heb. visit upon} {stout...: Heb. greatness of the heart}

Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes {are} upon the haughty, {that} thou mayest bring {them} down.

Moab is spoiled, and gone up {out of} her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name {is} the LORD of hosts. {his...: Heb. the choice of}

We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: {in pride: or, to deal proudly} {deposed: Chaldee, made to come down}

And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling {was} with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and {that} he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. {his heart...: or, he made his heart equal, etc}

Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I {am} the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that {is} in mine hand upon the waters which {are} in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as {it is} this day.

Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.