Psalms 73:6
Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
BSB
ASV
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
KJV
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain. They are as great in their own esteem as if they were aldermen of the New Jerusalem; they want no other ornament than their own pomposity. No jeweller could sufficiently adorn them; they wear their own pride as a better ornament than a gold chain. Violence covereth them as a garment. In their boastful arrogance they array themselves; they wear the livery of the devil, and are fond of it.
They are corrupt, like the giants, the sinners of the old world, when the earth was filled with violence, Gen. vi. They care not what mischief they do, either for mischief-sake or for their own advantage-sake. They speak wickedly concerning oppression; they oppress, and justify themselves in it.
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1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
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Proverbs 1:9For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
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She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
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Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
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Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.