Proverbs 25:7
Hebrew Text— Proverbs 25:7for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.
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A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet
Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter.
I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.
He said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon.”
But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.
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.
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,
The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”
On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.
For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
He said to him, “Most certainly, I tell you all, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.
Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.
The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’
Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them.”
The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.
Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, “I am young, and you are very old; Therefore I held back, and didn’t dare show you my opinion.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
Then all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, and will tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.
“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God—
When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly.
Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened,
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.”
He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,
Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
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.”
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”
“ ‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.
She said, “Let your servant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate; and her facial expression wasn’t sad any more.
“Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.
When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.
You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!”
I will also clothe her priests with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.
Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
All the offspring of Israel will be justified in Yahweh, and will rejoice!
After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will give him a portion with the great. He will divide the plunder with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death and was counted with the transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
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.
Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.
Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”
But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;
doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
They will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”