Proverbs 18:12

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

but humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 25:6-7

25:6 Do not honor yourself before the king,

and do not stand in the place of great men;

25:7 for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”

than to put you lower before a prince,

whom your eyes have seen.

29:23 A person’s pride will bring him low,

but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.

14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

2:5 You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,

2:6 who though he existed in the form of God

did not regard equality with God

as something to be grasped,

2:7 but emptied himself

by taking on the form of a slave,

by looking like other men,

and by sharing in human nature.

2:8 He humbled himself,

by becoming obedient to the point of death

– even death on a cross!

2:9 As a result God exalted him

and gave him the name

that is above every name,

2:10 so that at the name of Jesus

every knee will bow

– in heaven and on earth and under the earth –

2:11 and every tongue confess

that Jesus Christ is Lord

to the glory of God the Father.

4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

Passions and Pride

4:1 Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?

5:5 You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.