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¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

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¹² Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

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¹⁵ Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

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¹³ For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

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¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

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⁸ And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

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⁸ When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

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⁹ And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

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¹¹ For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

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¹² I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

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¹² Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

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⁷ How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

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⁸ Therefore Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

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¹⁷ Because thou sayest, sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: