This will fall on a lot of deaf ears, but a word to the wise... thus saith the Lord:
"You save a humble people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down" (2 Samuel 22:28).
"For You save a humble people, but the haughty eyes You bring down" (Psalm 18:27).
"'...do not lift up your horn on high, or speak with haughty neck’” (Psalm 75:5).
"Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure" (Psalm 101:5)..
"For though the Lord is high, He regards the lowly, but the haughty He knows from afar" (Psalm 138:6).
"Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall" (Proverbs 16:18).
"Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor" (Proverbs 18:12).
"Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin" (Proverbs 21:4).
“'Scoffer' is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride" (Proverbs 21:24). Couple that with "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers... The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away... the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish" (Psalm 1).
"The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day..." (Isaiah 2:11)
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven... Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth... Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy... Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God... Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God..." (Jesus, Matthew 5).
"...from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts... slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person" (Jesus, Mark 7).
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends... For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away... Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love" (Paul, 1 Corinthians 13).
"...see that you excel in this act of grace also. I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you by His poverty might become rich..." (Paul, 2 Corinthians 8).
"The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 6 Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion..." (Paul, 1 Timothy 1).
"...the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths" (Paul, 2 Timothy 4).
"What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? ...you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil" (James, James 4).
Grace and peace to all.
