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 24:27

24:27 Establish your work outside and get your fields ready;

afterward build your house.

Proverbs 24:1

24:1 Do not envy evil people,

do not desire to be with them;

Proverbs 25:1-2

Proverbs of Solomon Collected by Hezekiah

25:1 These also are proverbs of Solomon,

which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied:

25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,

and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.

Proverbs 15:1

15:1 A gentle response turns away anger,

but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

Proverbs 15:1

15:1 A gentle response turns away anger,

but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

Proverbs 1:5

1:5 (Let the wise also hear and gain instruction,

and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

Jeremiah 22:13-15

Judgment on Jehoiakim

22:13 “‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice

and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms.

He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing.

He does not pay them for their labor.

22:14 He says, “I will build myself a large palace

with spacious upper rooms.”

He cuts windows in its walls,

panels it with cedar, and paints its rooms red.

22:15 Does it make you any more of a king

that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar?

Just think about your father.

He was content that he had food and drink.

He did what was just and right.

So things went well with him.

Daniel 4:20-21

4:20 The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and which could be seen in all the land, 4:21 whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest –