Esther 3:2-3

3:2 As a result, all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate were bowing and paying homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded. However, Mordecai did not bow, nor did he pay him homage.

3:3 Then the servants of the king who were at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why are you violating the king’s commandment?”

Esther 5:11

5:11 Haman then recounted to them his fabulous wealth, his many sons, and how the king had magnified him and exalted him over the king’s other officials and servants.

Proverbs 1:32

1:32 For the waywardness of the

simpletons will kill them,

and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

Proverbs 16:18

16:18 Pride goes before destruction,

and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 18:12

18:12 Before destruction the heart of a person is proud,

but humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 30:13

30:13 There is a generation whose eyes are so lofty,

and whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.

Obadiah 1:3

1:3 Your presumptuous heart has deceived you –

you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs,

whose home is high in the mountains.

You think to yourself,

‘No one can bring me down to the ground!’