For thus it is written:—Whatsoever is exalted among men is despicable before God. And again it is written:—Everyone who exalts himself shall be abased, and everyone who humbles himself shall be exalted. Also Jeremiah said:—Let not the mighty glory in his might, nor the rich in his riches. And again the blessed Apostle said:—Whosoever glories, let him glory in the Lord. And David said:—I saw the wicked exalted and lifted up as the cedar of Lebanon; and when I passed by he was not, and I sought him and found him not.
