2 Samuel 22:28
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Psalm 72:12-13
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12 For he delivers (A)the needy when he calls,
the poor and him who has no helper.
13 He has pity on the weak and the needy,
and saves the lives of the needy.
Isaiah 5:15
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Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:15 Hebrew high
James 4:6-7
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6 But (A)he gives more grace. Therefore it says, (B)“God opposes the proud but (C)gives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. (D)Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Isaiah 2:17
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17 (A)And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,
and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 2:11-12
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11 (A)The haughty looks of man shall be brought low,
and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
12 (B)For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;
Exodus 3:7-8
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7 Then the Lord said, (A)“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their (B)taskmasters. I know their sufferings, 8 and (C)I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and (D)to bring them up out of that land to a (E)good and broad land, a land (F)flowing with milk and honey, to the place of (G)the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
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1 Peter 5:5-6
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5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. (A)Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for (B)“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
6 (C)Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
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Matthew 5:3
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3 (A)“Blessed are (B)the poor in spirit, for (C)theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Daniel 4:37
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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, (A)praise and extol and honor the (B)King of heaven, (C)for all his works are right and his ways are just; and (D)those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
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Isaiah 63:9
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9 (A)In all their affliction he was afflicted,[a]
and the angel of his presence saved them;
(B)in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
(C)he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 63:9 Or he did not afflict
Isaiah 61:1-3
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The Year of the Lord's Favor
61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]
2 (D)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor,
(E)and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
(F)to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
(G)the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
(H)that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, (I)that he may be glorified.[c]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
- Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind
- Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty
Isaiah 37:28-29
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28 “‘I know your sitting down
and your going out and coming in,
and your raging against me.
29 (A)Because you have raged against me
and your complacency has come to my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and (B)I will turn you back on the way
by which you came.’
Isaiah 37:23
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23 “‘Whom have you mocked and reviled?
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes to the heights?
Against (A)the Holy One of Israel!
Proverbs 21:4
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- Proverbs 21:4 Or the plowing
Psalm 140:12
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12 I know that the Lord will (A)maintain the cause of the afflicted,
and (B)will execute justice for the needy.
Psalm 138:6
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6 (A)For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
but the haughty he knows from afar.
Psalm 12:5
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5 “Because (A)the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
(B)I will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the (C)safety for which he longs.”
Job 40:11-12
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11 Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on everyone who is (A)proud and abase him.
12 Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low
and (B)tread down the wicked (C)where they stand.
Exodus 18:11
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11 Now I know that (A)the Lord is greater than all gods, because in this affair they (B)dealt arrogantly with the people.”[a]
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- Exodus 18:11 Hebrew with them
Exodus 10:3
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3 So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to (A)humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
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Exodus 9:14-17
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14 For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself,[a] and on your servants and your people, so (A)that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth. 16 (B)But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so (C)that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth. 17 (D)You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go.
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- Exodus 9:14 Hebrew on your heart
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