2 Chronicles 33:12
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12 While he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.(A)
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Psalm 50:15
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15 Call on me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”(A)
2 Chronicles 32:26
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26 Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.(A)
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Exodus 10:3
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3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may serve me.(A)
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1 Peter 5:5-6
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5 In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders.[a] And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”(A)
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time.
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- 5.5 Or of those who are older
James 4:10
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10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.(A)
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Acts 9:11
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11 The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul. At this moment he is praying,(A)
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Luke 18:14-15
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14 I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other, for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”(A)
Jesus Blesses Little Children
15 People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them, and when the disciples saw it, they sternly ordered them not to do it.
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Luke 15:16-18
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16 He would gladly have filled his stomach[a] with the pods that the pigs were eating, and no one gave him anything. 17 But when he came to his senses he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! 18 I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;
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- 15.16 Other ancient authorities read filled himself
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