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Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility.
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Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
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1 Samuel 25 36-1 Samuel 25 38
Now Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was, holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light.So it was, in the morning, when the wine had gone from Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone.Then it happened, after about ten days, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
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Proverbs 24:27
Prepare your outside work, Make it fit for yourself in the field; And afterward build your house.
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2 Samuel 15 1
After this it happened that Absalom provided himself with chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
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James 1:20
for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
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James 3:14-16
But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
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Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is like releasing water; Therefore stop contention before a quarrel starts.
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Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contends with a foolish man, Whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no peace.
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1 Kings 1 5
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying,“ I will be king”; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
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Proverbs 29:22-23
An angry man stirs up strife, And a furious man abounds in transgression.A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.
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Jeremiah 22:13-15
“ Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness And his chambers by injustice, Who uses his neighbor’s service without wages And gives him nothing for his work,Who says,‘ I will build myself a wide house with spacious chambers, And cut out windows for it, Paneling it with cedar And painting it with vermilion.’“ Shall you reign because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
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Daniel 4:20-21
“ The tree that you saw, which grew and became strong, whose height reached to the heavens and which could be seen by all the earth,whose leaves were lovely and its fruit abundant, in which was food for all, under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and in whose branches the birds of the heaven had their home—
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2 Corinthians 12 20
For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;
