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Proverbs 16:5

Proverbs 16:5 (WEB)

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; they shall certainly not be unpunished.

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Gregory the Great

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John Chrysostom

John Cassian

  • “…falling into that which is said of the proud, viz., “God resisteth the proud;” and again: “Every one that exalteth his heart is unclean before the Lord.”” — editor's note: Prov. xvi. 5 (LXX.).

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  • “And because, as Scripture says, “every one who exalts his heart is unclean before God,” he who is puffed up with swelling pride of heart is given over to most shameful confusion to be deluded by it, that when thus humbled he may know that he is…” — editor's note: Prov. xvi. 5 (LXX).

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