But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:6 Prov. 3:34

12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.(A)

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34 He mocks(A) proud mockers(B)
    but shows favor to the humble(C) and oppressed.

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In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves(A) to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility(B) toward one another, because,

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[a](C)

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  1. 1 Peter 5:5 Prov. 3:34

12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty,
    but humility comes before honor.(A)

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Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;(A)
    though lofty, he sees them(B) from afar.

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23 Pride brings a person low,(A)
    but the lowly in spirit gain honor.(B)

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16 There are six things the Lord hates,(A)
    seven that are detestable to him:
17         haughty eyes,(B)
        a lying tongue,(C)
        hands that shed innocent blood,(D)

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Humility is the fear of the Lord;
    its wages are riches and honor(A) and life.(B)

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11 The eyes of the arrogant(A) will be humbled(B)
    and human pride(C) brought low;(D)
the Lord alone will be exalted(E) in that day.(F)

12 The Lord Almighty has a day(G) in store
    for all the proud(H) and lofty,(I)
for all that is exalted(J)
    (and they will be humbled),(K)

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17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(A)
    and human pride humbled;(B)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(C)

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11 For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”(A)

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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt(A) and glorify(B) the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just.(C) And those who walk in pride(D) he is able to humble.(E)

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29 When people are brought low(A) and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
    then he will save the downcast.(B)

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14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”(A)

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15 For this is what the high and exalted(A) One says—
    he who lives forever,(B) whose name is holy:
“I live in a high(C) and holy place,
    but also with the one who is contrite(D) and lowly in spirit,(E)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.(F)

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33 Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord,(A)
    and humility comes before honor.(B)

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12 In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled(A) himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

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52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones
    but has lifted up the humble.(A)

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27 Because your heart was responsive(A) and you humbled(B) yourself before God when you heard what he spoke against this place and its people, and because you humbled yourself before me and tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the Lord.

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26 Then Hezekiah repented(A) of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the Lord’s wrath did not come on them during the days of Hezekiah.(B)

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“Do not keep talking so proudly
    or let your mouth speak such arrogance,(A)
for the Lord is a God who knows,(B)
    and by him deeds(C) are weighed.(D)

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12 Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.(A)

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20 But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride,(A) he was deposed from his royal throne(B) and stripped(C) of his glory.(D) 21 He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign(E) over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes.(F)

22 “But you, Belshazzar, his son,[a] have not humbled(G) yourself, though you knew all this. 23 Instead, you have set yourself up against(H) the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives(I) and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand.(J) But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life(K) and all your ways.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:22 Or descendant; or successor

23 But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble(A) himself before the Lord; Amon increased his guilt.

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