2 Kings 14:10

For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”

Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

“You, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.

But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

You say to yourself that you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?’ ”

As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

“ ‘ “Persia, Lud, and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you. They showed your beauty.

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

The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.

They abandoned the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and the idols, so wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he went into Yahweh’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.

in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.

They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.

Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them.

Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

“ ‘ “Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They traded the persons of men and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall.

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can’t see, hear, or walk.

The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,

Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate Yahweh? Because of this, wrath is on you from before Yahweh.

Amaziah took courage, and led his people out, and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children of Seir.

But Hezekiah didn’t reciprocate appropriate to the benefit done for him, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.

However concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?

In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood; so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”

Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.

The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

“Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around. Let none of it escape. Pay her back according to her work. According to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.

has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live,” says the Lord Yahweh.

“ ‘ “Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the mixed people, Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, will fall with them by the sword.”

and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.

The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.

The male goat magnified himself exceedingly. When he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of the sky.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, a thorn in the flesh was given to me: a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!”

Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, or hear, or know; and you have not glorified the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways.

Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. An arrogant man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.

You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.”

Moses said to Pharaoh, “I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only.”

that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn away from the commandment to the right hand, or to the left, to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the middle of Israel.

Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you today, but against the house with which I have war. God has commanded me to make haste. Beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you.”

Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice.

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

“Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

“ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Are you he of whom I spoke in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I would bring you against them?

The multitude will be lifted up, and his heart will be exalted. He will cast down tens of thousands, but he won’t prevail.

Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.

not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”