But the grace that God gives is even stronger. As the scripture says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

So then, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you.

"He protects the lives of his faithful people, but the wicked disappear in darkness; a man does not triumph by his own strength.

God brings down the proud and saves the humble.

So I will triumph over my enemies around me. With shouts of joy I will offer sacrifices in his Temple; I will sing, I will praise the LORD.

Save your people, LORD, and bless those who are yours. Be their shepherd, and take care of them forever.

I praise you, LORD, because you have saved me and kept my enemies from gloating over me.

He raises the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from their misery

He raises the humble, but crushes the wicked to the ground.

Whoever makes himself great will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be made great.

For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."

I tell you," said Jesus, "the tax collector, and not the Pharisee, was in the right with God when he went home. For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."

Humble yourselves, then, under God's mighty hand, so that he will lift you up in his own good time.