They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
14"Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'Come and reign over us.' 15"The bramble said to the trees, 'If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'
9Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son as wife. Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by, and trampled down the thistle. 10You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?'"
There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
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