Job 33:17
to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
BSB
ASV
That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man;
KJV
That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
That He may withdraw man from the things that he has done, and may deliver him from pride. For what has man done of himself but sin? And it is written, Pride is the beginning of all sin. It is rightly said, then, that when man is withdrawn from what he has done, he is freed from pride. To transgress the commands of our Creator by sin, is to be haughty against Him; because a man casts off, as it were, the yoke of His authority, to Whom he scorns to submit by obedience.
That he may withdraw a man from his purpose,.... Or "work" (m), his wicked work, as the Targum; either which he has begun upon, or which he designed to do.
Particularly, God does, by this means, hide pride from man, that is, hide those things from him which are the matter of his pride, and take his mind off from dwelling upon them, by setting before him what reason he has to be humble. That he may take away pride from man (so some read it), that he may pluck up that root of bitterness which is the cause of so much sin.
1834–1892
HOW persevering is Divine love! "God speaks once." I have heard many a father say to his child, "Do not let me have to speak to you again." But the great Father has to speak again and when it is written, "God speaks once, yes twice, yet man perceives it not," we see how great is the stubbornness of the human heart! And we also see the gentleness of Divine love. When Elihu said, "God speaks once, yes twice," he meant that the Lord speaks repeatedly. Divine loving kindness has many voices. God often speaks to us in our childhood.
The walk8
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James 4:10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
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The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
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So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,