Isaiah 2:11 (NKJV) — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.”
Proverbs 18:12 (NKJV) — Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility.”
Proverbs 16:5 (NKJV) — Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; Though they join forces, none will go unpunished.”
Isaiah 13:11 (NKJV) — I will punish the world for its evil, And the wicked for their iniquity; I will halt the arrogance of the proud, And will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.”
“Isaiah 16:6–7 (NKJV) — We have heard of the pride of Moab— He is very proud— Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath; But his lies shall not be so. Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab; Everyone shall wail.”
“Isaiah 16:12 (NKJV) — And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, That he will come to his sanctuary to pray; But he will not prevail.”
2 Chronicles 32:24–26 (NKJV) —
24: In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death, and he prayed to the Lord; and He spoke to him and gave him a sign.
25: But Hezekiah did not repay according to the favor shown him, for his heart was lifted up; therefore wrath was looming over him and over Judah and Jerusalem.
26: Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.”
1 Corinthians 5:6 (NKJV) — Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?”
Deuteronomy 32:15 (NKJV) — But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.”
“Ezekiel 34:16 (NKJV) — I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment.”
James 5:5 (NKJV) — You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.”
2 Corinthians 12:5–9 (NKJV) —
5: Of such a one I will boast; yet of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities.
6: For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above what he sees me to be or hears from me.
7: And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.
8: Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
