EXOD493 When a person's thoughts are never free of one of these seven points we have mentioned, he will be humble and lowly at all times, until humility becomes second nature to him and inseparable from him. While he adheres to humility, it keeps him far from all the pitfalls of arrogance, haughtiness, and pride, as we have noted previously, and he will be saved by it from sin and stumbling, as it says: “So that His fear be on your faces, and you not sin” (Shemos 20:17). Our Sages, of blessed memory, have said: “Reflect on three things, and you will not come to sin: Know from where you came, where you are going, and before whom you will give an accounting and a reckoning. From where do you come? From a putrid drop. Where are you going? To a place of dust, maggots, and worms. Before whom will you give an accounting and a reckoning? Before the cap King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He” (Avos 3:1).