It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy
The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as me
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and
For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundar
He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poure
A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.