When pride comes, disgrace follows,
but with humility comes wisdom.(A)

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Everyone with a proud heart is detestable to the Lord;(A)
be assured,[a] he will not go unpunished.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:5 Lit hand to hand

12 Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud,(A)
but humility comes before honor.(B)

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23 A person’s pride will humble him,(A)
but a humble spirit will gain honor.(B)

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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and glorify the King of heaven, because all His works are true and His ways are just.(A) He is able to humble(B) those who walk in pride.(C)

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Your presumptuous heart has deceived you,(A)
you who live in clefts of the rock[a][b](B)
in your home on the heights,
who say to yourself,
“Who can bring me down to the ground?”(C)
Though you seem to soar[c] like an eagle(D)
and make your nest among the stars,(E)
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:3 Or in Sela; probably = Petra
  2. Obadiah 1:3 Probably Petra
  3. Obadiah 1:4 Or to build high

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