When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.
Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments, and His judgments, and His statutes, which I am commanding you today.
Otherwise, when you have eaten and are full and have built and occupied good houses,
and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies,
then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery,
who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, where there were fiery serpents and scorpions and drought, where there was no water, who brought forth for you water out of the rock of flint,
who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might prove you, to do good for you in the end.
Otherwise, you may say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.”
But you must remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to get wealth, so that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is today.
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He has also rejected you from being king.”
These six things the Lord hates,
yes, seven are an abomination to him:
a proud look,
a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked imaginations,
feet that are swift in running to mischief,
a false witness who speaks lies,
and he who sows discord among brethren.
When pride comes, then comes shame;
but with the humble is wisdom.
Only by pride comes contention,
but with the well-advised is wisdom.
A high look, a proud heart,
and the plowing of the wicked are sin.
A man’s pride will bring him low,
but honor will uphold the humble in spirit.
Thus says the Lord:
Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
and let not the mighty man glory in his might,
let not the rich man glory in his riches;
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.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth.
#“Be sure that you not do your charitable deeds before men to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
“Therefore, when you do your charitable deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
But when you do your charitable deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
that your charitable deeds may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
Jesus called a little child to Him and set him in their midst,
and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Therefore whoever humbles himself like this little child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
It shall not be so among you. Whoever would be great among you, let him serve you,
and whoever would be first among you, let him be your slave,
For he who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
He told this parable to some who trusted in themselves, as though they were righteous, and despised others:
“Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
The Pharisee stood and prayed these things about himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men: extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
I fast twice a week, and I tithe of all that I earn.’
“But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even lift his eyes to heaven, but struck his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner.’
“I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you received it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
But He gives more grace. For this reason it says:
“God resists the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.”
Likewise you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. Yes, all of you be submissive one to another and clothe yourselves with humility, because
Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.
“Truly, truly I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.
But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.
When he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
Yet they will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him. For they do not know the voice of strangers.”
They will do these things to you, because they have not known the Father nor Me.