Proverbs 16:18

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Job 35:12

There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men

Psalm 36:11

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.

The US Maintains Intense Pressure on Venezuela With Fresh Sanctions

Among the country's figures already placed under US restrictions are the president's wife, Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Eloina Rodrigues Lopez, and Minister of Defence for the National Armed Forces Vladimir Padrino Lopez.

The United States Treasury Department has imposed fresh sanctions on Venezuelan officials amid the political and economic crisis in the country. The list this time includes four individuals: Ramon Carrizalez, the governor of the Venezuelan state of Apure, who has previously served as vice president of Venezuela, and Jorge Garcia Carneiro, the governor of the state of Vargas, who previously served as the head of the Venezuelan Army and minister of defense. The United States has also imposed sanctions on the governor of the Venezuelan state of Carabobo, Rafael Lacava, and the governor of the state of Zulia, Omar Prieto.

US Senator Posts Pic of Gaddafi's Murder as Pompeo Says Maduro's Days 'Numbered'

The development comes as the situation in crisis-torn Venezuela reached the boiling point over the weekend when trucks laden with US humanitarian aid on the Colombian and Brazilian borders repeatedly tried to push past lines of troops loyal to President Nicolas Maduro.

US Senator Marco Rubio has tweeted two photos of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi – one showing him alive and well and still at the helm of the country, while the other featured his bloodied face as he was being brutally tortured before his murder.