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Proverbs 18:10-12
Excerpted from: Faith (Part Seven)I referred you to the sluggard who is wiser in his own eyes—who can render more answers—than seven wise men can. The sluggard, even though he is virtually devoid of anything that anybody can see that is worth bragging about, has created his own set of standards. He thinks he already knows the answers. He has a feeling of wealth, a feeling of prosperity, a feeling of power or security in whatever standard it is that he in his own conceptions has set. He is so sure that he knows the answers he is undeterred by facts and he continues then in his ignorance. He is self-sufficient.
In this illustration the person of wealth takes confidence in—he trusts in, he relies upon—whatever it is he thinks is his strength. The New International Version has for that series of verses:
Men may give the proud man honor, but real honor is preceded by humility, not by pride.
Proverbs 18:12
Excerpted from: Children of the LightBut when we look at this, the poor in spirit, it is not really that hard to understand. Poor in spirit is referring to an attitude of mind. It is the way you respond to people; the way we respond to people is what He is talking about. It describes an honest humility in a person, and it is reflected in how we treat others, or other people, or each other.
Now, "blessed are the poor in spirit" are those who exhibit an attitude of humility, and it shows in the way, again, that we treat each other or treat other people. And I believe that is very important. So this character trait is opposed to the proud and haughty, and we might even add, arrogant. Solomon said that in Proverbs 18:12; you can just reference this: "Before destruction, the heart of man is haughty [or proud], and before honor is humility."
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