Orgulho
O orgulho é um dos pecados mais condenados na Bíblia. Deus resiste aos soberbos, mas dá graça aos humildes. A humildade é o caminho da honra verdadeira.
Deus resiste ao soberbo
A soberba precede a ruína e o orgulho antecede a queda. Deus abomina o coração altivo e promete humilhar quem se exalta.
Being proud will ◄lead to your having/cause you to have► disasters;
despising others will result in your being ruined.
Yahweh hates/detests everyone who is proud [IDM];
you can be certain [IDM] that they will be punished [LIT].
There are some kinds of behavior [MET] that people think are right,
but ◄walking on those roads [MET]/continually doing those things► causes those people to die.
All the people who revere Yahweh hate evil.
I, wisdom, hate people who are proud and people who think they are more important than others.
I hate people who behave in an evil way and those who say things to deceive others.
People who are proud will eventually be disgraced;
it is wise to be humble.
People who are proud will eventually be disgraced;
it is wise to be humble.
Proud people will be disgraced;
those who are humble will be respected.
Proud people will be disgraced;
those who are humble will be respected.
Proud people are on the road to being ruined,
but being humble leads to being honored.
Proud people are on the road to being ruined,
but being humble leads to being honored.
Yahweh tears down the houses of proud people,
but he protects the property of widows.
Humildade como caminho
Humilhai-vos diante do Senhor e Ele vos exaltará. A grandeza no Reino vem pelo serviço humilde, não pela autopromoção.
It is because he is kind to us and he wants very much to help us. That is why ◄someone said/King Solomon wrote► in the Scriptures, "God opposes those who are proud, but he helps those who are humble."
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and as a result he will honor you.
Believers who are poor and those who are rich should both value highly what God has done for them, rather than focusing on their material resources that will disappear.
Believers who are poor should be happy that God considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them spiritually) [MTY]. And believers who are rich should be happy that they have humbled themselves in order to trust in Jesus Christ (OR, but rich people can only take pride in the fact that God will humble them when he judges everyone [IRO]), because they and their riches [MTY] will pass away, just like wild flowers wither [SIM].
Now I will say this to you young men and women: Just like married men and women are ◄to be subject/to submit themselves► to their spouses, you must ◄be subject/submit yourselves► ◄to the older men/to the leaders► of the congregation. And all of you believers should act [MET] humbly toward each other, because this proverb is true:
God opposes people who are proud, but he acts kindly toward those who are humble.
Therefore, realizing that God has great power [MTY] to punish proud people, humble yourselves, in order that he may honor you at the time that he has determined. Because he takes care of you, let him take care of all the things that you are worried/concerned about.
Also, remember this: God will humble those who exalt themselves. And he will exalt those who humble themselves."
Never try to selfishly make yourselves more important than others nor boast about what you are doing. Instead, be humble, and in particular, honor one another more than you honor yourselves. Each one of you should not only be concerned about your own affairs. Instead, each of you should also be concerned ◄that you help/about the needs of► one another.
You should think just like Christ Jesus thought. He willingly gave up his divine privileges and humbled himself, willingly obeying God although it meant disgracefully dying on a cross. As a result, God exalted him to the highest position, to be acknowledged by the entire universe as the supreme Lord.
You should think/act just like Christ Jesus thought/acted.
Os perigos do orgulho
O orgulho cega, gera contendas e afasta de Deus. A Escritura adverte contra a soberba da vida e a vã glória mundana.
Keep in mind that all the evil human desires in the world are actions/things such as these: People desire to do what their self-directed nature strongly desires. People desire to possess whatever ◄appeals to their senses/they see or hear about►. People boast about the material things that they possess. Such evil ways of living do not originate/come from the Father! Instead they originate/come from the ◄godless people in the world/people in the world who conduct their lives in a manner that displeases God► [MTY]!
So I say this to all those who confidently think that they will always steadfastly continue to believe what God said and will never disobey what he commanded: Be careful that you (sg) do not sin when you are tempted.
And supposing we would give everything that we own to poor people, and would let others kill us in order that we could boast about sacrificing our own bodies. If we did not love others, we would not get any reward from God.
It was usually those who are despised and considered {whom unbelievers despise and consider} worthless whom God chose, in order to make completely ineffective what unbelievers consider to be important. He did that in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
I try to do according to what someone/Jeremiah wrote in the Scriptures,
If anyone wants to boast about something, he should boast only about what the Lord God has done.
You can realize, then, that it is not those who ◄praise themselves/tell you what great things they have done►, as my opponents do, whom you should accept as apostles. Instead, you should accept as true apostles only those whom the Lord commends.
He also said, "It is the thoughts and actions that come from within people that cause God to consider them unacceptable to him. Specifically, it is people’s innermost being that causes them to think things that are evil; they act immorally, they steal things, they commit murder. They commit adultery, they are greedy, they act maliciously, they deceive people. They act indecently, they envy people, they speak evil about others, they are proud, and they act foolishly. People think these thoughts and then they do these evil actions, and that is what causes God to consider them unacceptable to him."
People who are arrogant/proud always cause strife;
those who are wise ask other people for good advice.
The reward that Yahweh gives to those who are humble and who revere him
is that he causes them to be rich and honored and to live for a long time.
Tell the believers who are rich here in this present world that they should not be proud, and that they should not trust in their many possessions, because they cannot be certain how long they will have them. Teach them that instead of trusting in their wealth, they should trust in God. He is the one who generously gives us everything we have in order that we may enjoy it.
O olhar de Deus
O Senhor não olha como o homem. Ele vê o coração e se agrada dos quebrantados de espírito e dos que tremem diante da sua Palavra.
But Yahweh said to Samuel, "No, he is not the one whom I have chosen. Don’t pay attention to his being handsome and very tall, because I have not chosen him. I do not evaluate people as people do. You people evaluate people by their appearance, but I evaluate people by what is in their inner beings."
You people who oppose God, stop boasting!
Yahweh is a God who knows everything,
and he will evaluate/judge everyone’s actions.
So don’t speak so arrogantly!
I [MTY] have created everything;
all things exist because I made them.
That is true because I, Yahweh, have said it.
The people I am most pleased with are those who are humble,
who patiently endure it when they ◄suffer/are afflicted►,
and who tremble when they hear me rebuking them.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and honor [DOU] God, the king who rules in heaven. All of his actions are just and right. And he is able to cause to become humble those who are proud, like I was."
King Ahab replied to the messengers, "Tell King Ben-Hadad that a soldier who is putting on his armor preparing to fight a battle [MTY] should not boast at that time; he should wait until after he wins the battle."
Desire for others what you desire for yourselves (OR, Live harmoniously with each other)! Do not do things because you want to be famous! Instead, be content to do tasks that others consider that only unimportant people do (OR, to associate with unimportant people). Do not consider yourselves wise.
But God’s Spirit causes us to do these things: We love others. We are joyful. We are peaceful. We are patient. We are kind. We are good. We are ones whom others can trust. We are gentle. We control our behavior. There is no law that says people should not think and act in such ways.