So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’” — Malachi 3:15

"Now we call the proud happy". The people in Malachi's day envied the arrogant—and we do the same. God dwells with the contrite and lowly in spirit, not the proud. 's better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud. Starts the Beatitudes with "Blessed are the poor in spirit. Is the right prayer: "Search me, O God, and see if there's any offensive way in me. Don't envy the proud; they're the ones to be pitied.