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The proud man’s heart is not upright,
    but the righteous man will live
    because of his faith.[a]

Warning to the Arrogant

Moreover, wealth is treacherous;
    those who are arrogant do not endure.
They open their throats as wide as Sheol
    and are as unstable as death.
They gather to themselves all the nations
    and make a harvest of all the peoples.
Everyone should taunt such people
    and turn on them with mockery and say,
“Woe to you who store up
    what is not your own.
Woe to you who enrich yourself
    with goods taken in pledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:4 St. Paul takes this promise and gives it a new application: it is faith that “justifies,” that is, saves human beings from sin and gives them the life of God (Gal 3:11; Rom 1:17).