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Proverbs 3:35

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Bede

"The wise will inherit honor, etc." And the Lord says: "Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted" (Luke 14 and 18).

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Hippolytus of Rome

They will not simply obtain, but inherit. The wicked, again, even though they are exalted, are exalted only so as to have greater dishonour. For as one does not honour an ugly and mis-shapen fellow, if he exalts him, but only dishonours him the more, by making his shame manifest to a larger number; so also God exalts the wicked, in order that He may make their disgrace patent. For Pharaoh was exalted, but only to have the world as his accuser.

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