in order to turn a person from his actions and suppress his pride.

好叫人不从自己的谋算，不行骄傲的事，

好叫人转离自己的行为，叫壮士远离骄傲，

好叫人转离自己的行为，叫壮士远离骄傲，

使他们离开罪恶，不再骄傲，

好叫人离开自己的恶行，又叫人与骄傲隔绝，

好叫人不從自己的謀算，不行驕傲的事，

好叫人轉離自己的行為，叫壯士遠離驕傲，

好叫人轉離自己的行為，叫壯士遠離驕傲，

使他們離開罪惡，不再驕傲，

好叫人離開自己的惡行，又叫人與驕傲隔絕，

好叫人轉離惡行，又好割掉人的驕傲；

使人改其意志、遏其驕矜、

使人改過、去其驕心、

使人改其惡行、去其驕心、

to turn them from wrongdoing and keep them from pride,

He warns them in order to turn them away from sinning. He wants to keep them from being proud.

that he may turn man aside from his deed and conceal pride from a man;

He makes them turn from doing wrong; he keeps them from pride.

in order to turn a person from his actions and suppress the pride of a person.

So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct, And keep a man from pride;

In order to turn man from his deed, And conceal pride from man,

That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man;

That he may withdraw man[ from his] purpose, and hide pride from man.

to turn a person from his sin, and to cover a person’s pride.

that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

Therefore, this is what I will do: I will block her way with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so that she cannot find her paths.

especially because of the extraordinary revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me so I would not exalt myself.

He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

My days have slipped by; my plans have been ruined, even the things dear to my heart.

Human pride will be humbled, and the loftiness of men will be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.As he traveled and was nearing Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him.Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him,“ Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”“ Who are You, Lord?” he said.“ I am Jesus, the One you are persecuting,” He replied.“ But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

the king exclaimed,“ Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built by my vast power to be a royal residence and to display my majestic glory?”While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven:“ King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared that the kingdom has departed from you.You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals, and you will feed on grass like cattle for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men, and He gives it to anyone He wants.”At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was executed. He was driven away from people. He ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky, until his hair grew like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.But at the end of those days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity returned to me. Then I praised the Most High and honored and glorified Him who lives forever: For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation.All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does what He wants with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can hold back His hand or say to Him,“ What have You done?”At that time my sanity returned to me, and my majesty and splendor returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and my nobles sought me out, I was reestablished over my kingdom, and even more greatness came to me.Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and glorify the King of heaven, because all His works are true and His ways are just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him,“ Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of Him!”

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Then God said to him in the dream,“ Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience. I have also kept you from sinning against Me. Therefore I have not let you touch her.

The Lord of Hosts planned it, to desecrate all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the honored ones of the earth.

However, because his heart was proud, Hezekiah didn’t respond according to the benefit that had come to him. So there was wrath on him, Judah, and Jerusalem.