61. HUMILITY/PRIDE       --page 511--

         God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble (Jam.4:6).

         1. With Cain & Abel began the Battle Royal between pride & humility, between the damned religionists & the saved sinners, the perpetual warfare that has been waged ever since between the False Church & the True Church, the Whore & the Bride, Carnal Babylon & Spiritual Jerusalem, the Flesh & the Spirit, Works & Faith, Law & Grace, Self & God.
         2. Truly great men are usually very humble men, & they don't have to brag about how great they are!
         3. You glorify self when you talk about your faults!
         4. Great men forget themselves. That is why they are remembered by others.
         5. Only brokenness can give you humility.
         6. It's a wonderful thing when you can see you're wrong!
         7. The self-righteous hypocrite never blames himself.
         8. You want to be humble, but you don't want to be humiliated.
         9. Pride is love for yourself.
         10. One of the worst kinds of pride in the world is pretending to have faith when you haven't got it.
         11. People who are proud & selfish lay themselves wide open for the Devil!
         12. Pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.
         13. Man's greatest pride is in his buildings--"the works of his hands," & they have always been his downfall.
         14. Fame is fickle & triumph is only transitory.
         15. Anybody can be a novice if you give them more than they can handle. If any job you get makes you proud, then you're a novice.
         16. Sensitiveness is born of pride & pride is of the Devil!
         17. Once the Lord humbles you, He has to keep humbling you--He's gotta keep you humble.
         18. If you need love, say so!
         19. When you get too proud & so smart that you can't stand to have somebody give you a suggestion or correction, you're in pretty bad shape!
         20. Pride is something which none of us can really bear. Pride kills you!
         21. Pride comes before a fall, & you're never so near the abyss as when you're on the brink!
         22. He that is humble knoweth not that he is humble!
         23. If you think you are humble, you probably aren't!
         24. Love, humility, & prayer solve all problems!
         25. God does some things to make you humble, other things to keep you humble & yet others to make sure you're still humble.
         26. Sex, love & emotion humble, while intellectuality & knowledge bring pride.
         27. One reason why you need to confess your sins is because it really helps to keep you humble.
         28. The greatest saints were the greatest sinners who knew it & therefore depended totally on God.
         29. An awful lot can get done if you don't care who gets the credit.
         30. The quicker you learn that you don't know, the better off you are going to be, because only God has the answers.
         31. Give Him all the glory for anything good about you, & yourself all the blame for anything bad! That's usually a pretty good rule, because it's usually right!
         32. This is a war! We have little time for sensitivity, nursing our wounds & hurt feelings! We must fight on!
         33. The very thing you're fighting is the thing God wants to use to humble & break you.
         34. Humility is of the Lord. Pride is of the Devil.
         35. It's
not humility for you to take a back seat when you should have a front seat.
         36. Love is humility & humility is love. They are totally inseparable.
         37. The best way to get the last word is to apologise.
         38. Great men are humble men.
         39. Let me be when I am weary,
         Just a little bit more cheery,
         Think a little more of others,
         And a little less of me.
         40. Humility is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.
         41. The less self-confidence you have, the more Christ-confidence you'll have, and the better you'll be.
         42. It takes humility to give & to receive affection.
         43. An admission of error is a sign of strength rather than a confession of weakness.
         44. Whatever you would laugh at in others, laugh at in yourself.
         45. A good man does not hesitate to admit he has been in the wrong. He takes comfort in knowing that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
         46. Pride's fear of failure or refusal often prevents us from making the first move.
         47. Most people seem to want a good deed to be all their own idea so they can get all the credit for it, rather than to be asked to do it & thus have to share the credit with someone else's faith.
         48. Better to ask the way than go astray.
         49. "Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom." (Pro.13:10)
         50. It takes two to make a quarrel.
         51. Humility before God is nothing if not proved in humility before men.
         52. Don't refuse to accept criticism!--Get all the help you can!
         53. Don't be afraid to ask dumb questions. They're easier to handle than dumb mistakes.
         54. Be humble or you'll stumble.
         55. Never be ashamed to ask for help or prayer when you need it.
         56. A bigshot who has too big a shot of his own ego can't do as well as some little shots who have a big shot of the Holy Spirit!
         57. The need for glamour & glory is an addiction as bad as drugs.
         58. Death to self, death to sin, death to your own ideas, death to your own strength, death to your reputation, death to your pride--are hard to go through, but they're worth it because they bring out the life of Christ.
         59. I need to confess my sins because it really helps keep me humble!
         60. Only pride hurts!--Humility doesn't really feel it!
         61. The minute you start patting yourself on the back, you're finished.
         62. The basis of virtually all sin is pride!
         63. The greatest men in the World are the most humble.
         64. Confess your faults, never defend them.
         65. He who is full of self is very empty.
         66. The truly humble are truly loving, & the truly loving are truly humble.
         67. Don't be too over-confident about some of your projects for which you may not have sufficient experience & knowledge, & for which you need better preparation & more thorough investigation.
         68. Few people seem to be able to take power, prosperity, or popularity without being corrupted.
         69. There's perfect rest in humility, because humility has love & faith without fear.
         70. God can only use truly broken men & women!
         71. There is no limit to what can be accomplished if you give the Lord all the glory for it.
         72. "Pride goeth before destruction, & an haughty spirit before a fall." (Pro.16:18)
         73. "Let another man praise thee & not thine own mouth, a stranger, & not thine own lips." (Pro.27:2)
         74. "A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit." (Pro.29:23)
         75. I have made mistakes but I have never made the mistake of claiming that I have never made one.
         76. Success has made failures of many men.
         77. It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
         78. Swallowing your pride occasionally will never give you indigestion.
         79. As water seeks the lowest place, just so the glory & power of God flows in the humblest, lowliest hearts! This is real nobility in God's Kingdom!
         80. In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.
         81. A fight starts only with a second blow.
         82. The less there is of you, the more the light gets through!
         83. Pride is increased by ignorance: Those assume the most who know the least.
         84. He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
         85. Pride was the beginning of all evil!
         86. Pride is the spirit of the Devil!--Love is the Spirit of God!--And you can't have both.
         87. If you're not big enough to stand criticism, you're too small to be praised.
         88. One of the smartest things you can learn to say is, "I don't know!"
         89. Stop & praise the Lord & have a good laugh at your own weaknesses & ridiculous inabilities to do anything or accomplish anything except for the Lord!
         90. Humility & Love are synonymous. You cannot have real love & not be humble.
         91. Not only wars, but slaughter on the highways, disease & accidents are caused by pride, selfishness & lack of love.
         92. When a brother is easily offended it shows he's not very strong & pretty unspiritual.
         93. The Lord only uses people who have been humbled, broken, melted & remade!
         94. One of the Devil's favorite sins is pride, because this makes people want to cover up & not confess. Unless people will ask for help, how are you going to help them?
         95. He is impossible to get along with who thinks he's impossible to get along without.
         96. It's not easy to confess you've been wrong, but it's a lot easier than staying wrong or trying to support a false position!
         97. People will die for pride!--Quicker than they'll die for money or power or territory!
         98. Many suicides are a result of pride--people just can't face it--& war is suicide!
         99. Suicide is a result of pride, people just can't face it, can't stand the scandal, the humiliation, the degradation.
         100. Selfishness is pride. The selfish believe they deserve more than others, therefore they are unwilling to share.
         101. There is no rest in pride, the proud are always afraid.
         102. I never found any branch of the Lord's work where pride pays at all! Pride does not pay, & it doesn't pay the bills. We've got every reason in the World to ask for help for His Work.
         103. Lack of power is the result of fear born of pride, fear of not succeeding, fear of being embarrassed, fear of being ashamed. Such fear always comes as the result of pride, because the proud are afraid of failure. The rich & the powerful are the most fearful people in the World.
         104. Legalism & self-righteousness are manifestations of pride.
         105. It's a sign of pride if we're too sensitive & we snap back or we feel hurt. Sensitiveness is born of pride & pride is of the Enemy.
         106. If there's anything any soldier has got to learn to do, as you oughtta know, it's to be able to take a cussin' out by his commanding officer for his mistakes, & say, "Yes, sir; thank you, sir; & what next, sir?"--Even if it hurts! This is a war & we have little time for sensitivity & nursing our wounds or hurt feelings! We must fight on!
         107. I've seldom found that silence breathes consent: It often breathes a smouldering, hidden resentment, which is fearful of being voiced & therefore says nothing.
         108. When you have the "poor me's," you're usually just trying to get attention & sympathy! Your pride is wounded, your ego has been a little deflated, your self-confidence has been a little shaken, & you begin to feel sorry for yourself & wonder if you should quit. The cure is to forget yourself & love others.
         109. As to sensitivity & hurt feelings: The Devil will try to tell you it's ok to be just a little bit down, a little bit sorry for yourself! After all, you deserve to enjoy just a little bit of discouragement so you can get a little bit of sympathy from others! Why not? Misery loves company! This is self-indulgence & must be resisted & lost in love.
         110. Some people are so damn delicate they can't stand anything; they can't take the slightest pressure--they collapse because they're not holding on to the Lord, they're not standing on the Word, they're not believing in His promises! They're depending on some damn self-righteousness of their own, some depraved greatness they think they have! Let me tell you, that kind of sanctimonious hypocrisy can't stand the shock treatments of the Devil! It shatters very easily!
         111. Only pride hurts!--Humility doesn't really feel it.
         112. When a brother is easily offended, it shows he is not very strong & he is pretty unspiritual.
         113. Not being able to take chastening in correction for your mistakes is a very poor example of humility.
         114. You're glorifying Satan when you talk about your sins. You're glorifying self when you talk about your faults.
         115. You have to find out the difference between reality & the imaginary--the truth & the lie.
         116. Even an inferiority complex & really being bothered by it, in a way is pride. You're worried about what people think about you.
         117. People who are inclined to have a rather superiority complex attitude usually underneath have an inferiority complex & they're very self-conscious about having any people around whom they do feel are superior.
         118. Don't any of you get so damned cocky that you don't think you have to consult with others, or ask for counsel & advice, especially from the Lord & the local leaders who are familiar with the situation & the business & the law!
         119. One of the safest ways to keep from being made a fool of by God is just to keep reminding everybody that you
are a fool, & it's only the Lord that's doing it.
         120. You're glorifying Satan when you talk about your sins. You're glorifying self when you talk about your faults, unless you are sincerely confessing them & asking for counsel or forgiveness.
         121. The Devil can really tell you a lot of truth about yourself that's horrible, not to speak of the lies he tells you, so if you start listening to the Devil, there's no end to it.
         122. When you're trying so much in your own righteousness, your own perfection, it becomes almost impossible to confess your mistakes & shortcomings because it destroys your self-confidence & it nearly shatters your self-reliance because it proves you're not perfect.
         123. Pride makes it even harder to forgive yourself, even though you know God will forgive you.
         124. Don't feel sorry for yourself & try to blame it on God, & quit. Self-pity is pride, hurt feelings are damnable stinking self, & at the root of every doubt there is sin--the heinous diabolical sin of rebellion against God's Will.
         125. One of the biggest dangers you have is to begin thinking it's
you instead of God's anointing. The minute you start patting yourself on the back, God will see to it that you're humbled to bring you out of it. He's a jealous God & He wants & deserves the glory & will have no other gods before Him.
         126. People who are inclined to have a rather superiority complex attitude, usually underneath have an inferiority complex & they're very self-conscious about having any people around whom they do feel are superior.
         127. If we'll just recognise that we're little children who don't know anything, & the Lord is the One Who knows it all, & that He's the only One Who is really wise & knows what He's doing, & that we must just follow Him, then He can really show His power.
         128. As long as you're calling, you can expect God to answer. As long as you're seeking, God will show the way. As long as you admit that you're empty, you'll be able to be filled.
         129. The hardest words to say in any language are, "I was wrong." If you are not willing to admit you are wrong and confess that you need help & an answer & solution to your problem, God will never have an opportunity to do the miracle you need. That takes humility of the kind only God can give.
         130. When Saul became proud & dependent upon himself & his own wisdom & his own arm of the flesh instead of upon the Lord, the Lord had to abase him.
         131. If you're sensitive & easily hurt, that shows how proud you are. Some people are actually proud of being sensitive. Some people think that being sensitive is a good thing.
         132. When a brother is easily offended, it shows he's not very strong & pretty unspiritual. He was offended about something, which gave him a sense of self-righteousness which ministered to his pride.
         133. False prophecies & false interpretations of the Bible are often a result of spiritual pride & the frustrated temptation to want to be a spiritual leader.
         134. "Be not as the Old Church, which doth wear clothes which are for show & to protect herself from Me, but bare thyself unto Me in humility & in love... For I will have a new bride, who will love Me & will do My Will & will bear Me children, no longer barren as she (the Old Church) was."
         135. That was Saul's main problem, he was a man-pleaser. To make the people happy, to please the people, he disobeyed the Lord.
         136. If you have even one talent & God calls on you to do something with it, don't be afraid of what people will think or whether you'll succeed: Just obey! Don't just sit there & do nothing: Stand up & be counted, & let God be the judge!
         137. Be sure that your anger is in the right spirit with the meekness & gentleness of a tender & gentle & loving & contrite heart in all humility.
         138. The more guilty you are, the more you defend yourself. It's a form of self-righteous pride.
         139. The
best people are the ones who are willing to do anything that needs to be done! If you're too good to wash dishes or sweep floors or pull weeds or anything that needs to be done when there's nobody else to do it, then you're too good for us!
         140. There's no job that should ever be beneath anybody or too low for anybody!
         141. One reason why the Lord doesn't give special powers to more people is because they'd become very proud & they wouldn't be able to handle it. They'd become spiritually proud & try to show off.
         142. It's your responsibility to stand up for what you feel is right, but the
way you do it is what's important, whether in pride & argumentatively, or in humility.
         143. Great men are truly humble men. They never pass up a little child without a smile or a kind word or a loving attitude & thoughtfulness.
         144. It's better to be humble & bend gracefully when it storms, than to be proud & stiff & break when adversity comes.

         (See also No. 75, 203, 287, 293, 302b, 312, 319, 328, 524, 531, 548, 559, 641, 698, 720, 721, 763, 784, 991, 996, 1032, 1112, 1126, 1339, 1372, 1436, 1438, 1547.)

         145. 1Sa.2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.
         146. 1Sa.15:17 And Samuel said, When thou was little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?
         147. 1Sa.15:24 Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
         148. JOB.6:24,25 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
         149. PSA.9:12b He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
         150. PSA 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
         151. PSA 25:9 The meek will He guide in judgment: and the meek will He teach His way.
         152. PSA.34:18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
         153. PSA.37:11 But the meek shall inherit the Earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
         154. PSA.51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.
         155. PSA.73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
         156. PSA.199:78a Let the proud be ashamed.
         157. PSA.131:1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
         158. PSA.147:6 The Lord lifteth up the meek: He casteth the wicked down to the ground.
         159. PSA.149:4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in His people: He will beautify the meek with Salvation.
         160. PRO.11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
         161. PRO.13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom..
         162. PRO.14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
         163. PRO.15:33 The fear of the lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
         164. PRO.18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; and before honour is humility.
         165. PRO.21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
         166. PRO.22:4 By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.
         167. PRO.25:6,7 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
         168. PRO.26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
         169. PRO.27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
         170. PRO.28:21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
         171. PRO.28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
         172. PRO.29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
         173. ISA.2:11,12 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low.
         174. ISA.5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, & prudent in their own sight!
         175. ISA.57:15 For thus saith the High and Lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
         176. JER.45:5a Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not.
         177. DAN.4:30-33,37 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from Heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will. The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, & did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of Heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagle's feathers, and his nails like bird's claws. Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise, extol and honour the King of Heaven, all Whose works are truth, & His ways judgment: and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.
         178. DAN.5:18,20,21 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour. But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: And he was driven from the sons of men;...till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, & that He appointeth over it whomsoever He will.
         179. OBA.3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
         180. MIC.6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
         181. MAT.5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the Earth.
         182. MAT.18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
         183. MAT.19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
         184. MAT.21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
         185. MAR.12:38-40 And He said unto them in His doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the market places, And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
         186. LUK.1:48 For He hath regarded the low estate of His handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
         187. LUK.10:21b Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
         188. LUK.14:10a When thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, Go up higher.
         189. LUK.22:25-27 He said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as He that serveth.
         190. JOH.1:27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
         191. JOH.5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
         192. JOH.12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
         193. JOH.13:5 After that He poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded.
         194. ACT.12:21-23 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. The people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
         195. ROM.2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
         196. ROM.12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
         197. ROM.12:10b,16 In honour preferring one another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
         198. ROM.14:2,3 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
         199. 1CO.3:18 If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this World, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
         200. 1CO.4:6,7 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
         201. 1CO.8:2 If any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
         202. 1CO.10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
         203. 2CO.10:17,18 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
         204. 2CO.12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
         205. GAL.1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
         206. GAL.6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the World is crucified unto me, and I unto the World.
         207. EPH.5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
         208. EPH.6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.
         209. PHI.2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
         210. PHI.2:5-8 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
         211. COL.3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering.
         212. 1TI.3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the Devil.
         213. 2TI.2:25a In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves.
         214. JAM.2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
         215. JAM.4:6b God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
         216. JAM.4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,and He shall lift you up.
         217. 1PE.3:4b The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
         218. 1PE.5:5,6 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.
         219. JUD.16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

         (See also DEU.8:12-14; 2KI.5:10-14; MAT.6:1-4; LUK.18:13,14; 22:14-17; JOH.13:14-16; ROM.11:17-21; PHI.2:3-11.


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