Proverbs 25:14

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

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

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

But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.

Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

“As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd. My shepherds didn’t search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn’t feed my sheep.”

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

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

But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.

through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for his name’s sake;

So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunken.

I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for I am in no way inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

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

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

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;

These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

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.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

Every man has become brutish and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.

For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.

For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith—

desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.

Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don’t argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.

But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.

traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

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.”

But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts

Majesty belongs to the firstborn of his herd. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he will push all the peoples to the ends of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh.”

He said, “Who are you?” She answered, “I am Ruth your servant. Therefore spread the corner of your garment over your servant; for you are a near kinsman.”

Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

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

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the arrogance of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.

and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great.”

I and the Father are one.”

Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

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.

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that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;

But the one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.

not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

But from those who were reputed to be important—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,

You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘With these you will push the Syrians, until they are consumed.’ ”

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

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.

But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forever more, knows that I don’t lie.

For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.