“The king spoke, saying, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?” While the word was still in the king’s mouth, a voice fell from heaven: King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: the kingdom has departed from you! And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. They shall make you eat grass like oxen; and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.
And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.
Though the Lord is on high, Yet He regards the lowly; But the proud He knows from afar.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.”
{Daniel 4:30-32; Matthew 23:12; Proverbs 29:23; Psalms 138:6; Daniel 4:37}