If a person’s heart is proud, they will be destroyed. So don’t be proud if you want to be honored.

败坏之先，人心骄傲；尊荣以前，必有谦卑。

败坏之先，人心骄傲；要得尊荣，先有谦卑。

败坏之先，人心骄傲；要得尊荣，先有谦卑。

骄傲是败亡的前奏，谦虚是尊荣的先锋。

灭亡以先，人心高傲；尊荣以先，必有谦卑。

破败之前，人心自高；荣耀之前，先有谦卑。

敗壞之先，人心驕傲；尊榮以前，必有謙卑。

敗壞之先，人心驕傲；要得尊榮，先有謙卑。

敗壞之先，人心驕傲；要得尊榮，先有謙卑。

驕傲是敗亡的前奏，謙虛是尊榮的先鋒。

滅亡以先，人心高傲；尊榮以先，必有謙卑。

人先心驕傲，然後遭破毁；要得尊榮、先要謙卑。

破敗之前，人心自高；榮耀之前，先有謙卑。

隕越為心驕之繼、謙遜在尊榮之先、

驕泰者敗亡繼之、謙遜者尊榮被之。

人心倨傲、必速敗亡、欲得尊榮、必先謙遜、

Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.

Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.

Haughtiness goes before destruction; humility precedes honor.

Before his downfall a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Before destruction the heart of a person is haughty, But humility goes before honor.

Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility.

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor goeth humility.

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour[ is] humility.

Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.

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

Wisdom teaches you to have respect for the Lord. So don’t be proud if you want to be honored.

When pride comes, shame follows. But wisdom comes to those who are not proud.

If you are proud, you will be destroyed. If you are proud, you will fall.

Pride brings a person low. But those whose spirits are low will be honored.

“ Son of man, speak to Ethbaal. He is the ruler of Tyre. Tell him,‘ The Lord and King says,“‘ “In your proud heart you say,‘ I am a god. I sit on the throne of a god in the Mediterranean Sea.’ But you are only a human being. You are not a god. In spite of that, you think you are as wise as a god.

All those who lift themselves up will be made humble. And those who make themselves humble will be lifted up.”

In the same way, I’m speaking to you who are younger. Follow the lead of those who are older. All of you, put on a spirit free of pride toward one another. Put it on as if it were your clothes. Do this because Scripture says,“ God opposes those who are proud. But he gives grace to those who are humble.”( Proverbs 3:34)

Then will you say,‘ I am a god’? Will you say that to those who kill you? You will be only a human being to those who kill you. You will not be a god to them.

You have taken your stand against the Lord of heaven. You had your servants bring cups from his temple to you. You and your nobles drank wine from them. So did your wives and concubines. You praised your gods. The statues of those gods are made out of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood or stone. They can’t see or hear or understand anything. But you didn’t honor God. He holds in his hand your very life and everything you do.So he sent the hand that wrote on the wall.

You are highly respected. So as soon as you began to pray, the Lord gave you a message. I have come to tell you what it is. Here is how you must understand the vision.

I was speaking and praying. I was admitting that I and my people Israel had sinned. I was making my appeal to the Lord my God. My appeal was about his holy mountain of Zion.

“ Here is the sin your sister Sodom committed. She and her daughters were proud. They ate too much. They were not concerned about others. They did not help those who were poor and in need.They were very proud. They did many things that were evil in my eyes. I hated those things. So I got rid of Sodom and her daughters, just as you have seen.

The appointed day came. Herod was seated on his throne. He was wearing his royal robes. He made a speech to the people.Then they shouted,“ This is the voice of a god. It’s not the voice of a man.”Right away an angel of the Lord struck Herod down. Herod had not given praise to God. So he was eaten by worms and died.

So I hate myself. I’m really sorry for what I said about you. That’s why I’m sitting in dust and ashes.”After the Lord finished speaking to Job, he spoke to Eliphaz the Temanite. He said,“ I am angry with you and your two friends. You have not said what is true about me, as my servant Job has.So now get seven bulls and seven rams. Go to my servant Job. Then sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you. And I will accept his prayer. I will not punish you for saying the foolish things you said. You have not said what is true about me, as my servant Job has.”So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord told them to do. And the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him successful again. He gave him twice as much as he had before.All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came to see him. They ate with him in his house. They showed their concern for him. They comforted him because of all the troubles the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.The Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life even more than the first part. He gave Job 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels. He gave him 1,000 pairs of oxen and 1,000 donkeys.Job also had seven sons and three daughters.He named the first daughter Jemimah. He named the second Keziah. And he named the third Keren- Happuch.Job’s daughters were more beautiful than any other women in the whole land. Their father gave them a share of property along with their brothers.After all of that happened, Job lived for 140 years. He saw his children, his grandchildren and his great- grandchildren.And so Job died. He had lived for a very long time.

“ How terrible it is for me!” I cried out.“ I’m about to be destroyed! My mouth speaks sinful words. And I live among people who speak sinful words. Now I have seen the King with my own eyes. He is the Lord who rules over all.”A seraph flew over to me. He was holding a hot coal. He had used tongs to take it from the altar.He touched my mouth with the coal. He said,“ This has touched your lips. Your guilt has been taken away. Your sin has been paid for.”Then I heard the voice of the Lord. He said,“ Who will I send? Who will go for us?” I said,“ Here I am. Send me!”So he said,“ Go and speak to these people. Tell them,“‘ You will hear but never understand. You will see but never know what you are seeing.’Make the hearts of these people stubborn. Plug up their ears. Close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes. They might hear with their ears. They might understand with their hearts. And they might turn to me and be healed.”Then I said,“ Lord, how long will it be like that?” He answered,“ It will last until the cities of Israel are destroyed. It will last until no one is living in them. It will last until the houses are deserted. The fields will be completely destroyed.It will last until the Lord has sent everyone far away. The land will be totally deserted.Suppose only a tenth of the people remain there. Even then the land will be completely destroyed again. But when oak trees and terebinth trees are cut down, stumps are left. And my holy people will be like stumps that begin to grow again.”