Job 22:29
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29 When others are humiliated, you say it is pride,
for he saves the humble.(A)
James 4:6
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6 But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”(A)
1 Peter 5:5
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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)
Footnotes
- 5.5 Or of those who are older
Luke 1:52
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52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones
and lifted up the lowly;(A)
Job 5:19-27
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19 He will deliver you from six troubles;
in seven no harm shall touch you.(A)
20 In famine he will redeem you from death
and in war from the power of the sword.(B)
21 You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.(C)
22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh
and shall not fear the wild animals of the earth.(D)
23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field,
and the wild animals shall be at peace with you.(E)
24 You shall know that your tent is safe;
you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.(F)
25 You shall know that your descendants will be many
and your offspring like the grass of the earth.(G)
26 You shall come to your grave in ripe old age,
as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season.(H)
27 See, we have searched this out; it is true.
Hear, and know it for yourself.”
Matthew 23:12
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12 All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be exalted.(A)
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Luke 18:9-14
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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’(A) 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’(B) 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.”(C)
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Isaiah 66:2
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2 All these things my hand has made,
so all these things are mine,[a]
says the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look,
to the humble and contrite in spirit
who trembles at my word.(A)
Footnotes
- 66.2 Gk Syr: Heb these things came to be
Isaiah 57:15
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15 For thus says the high and lofty one
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
I dwell in the high and holy place
and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble
and to revive the heart of the contrite.(A)
Proverbs 29:23
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23 A person’s pride will bring humiliation,
but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.(A)
Psalm 138:6
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6 For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
but the haughty he perceives from far away.(A)
Psalm 92:9-11
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9 For your enemies, O Lord,
for your enemies shall perish;
all evildoers shall be scattered.(A)
10 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;
you have anointed me with fresh oil.
11 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.(B)
Psalm 91:14-16
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14 Those who love me, I will deliver;
I will protect those who know my name.(A)
15 When they call to me, I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble;
I will rescue them and honor them.(B)
16 With long life I will satisfy them
and show them my salvation.(C)
Psalm 9:2-3
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2 I will be glad and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.(A)
3 When my enemies turned back,
they stumbled and perished before you.(B)
Luke 14:11
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11 For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”(A)
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Ezekiel 21:26-27
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26 thus says the Lord God:
Remove the turban, take off the crown;
things shall not remain as they are.
Exalt that which is low;
humble that which is high.(A)
27 A ruin, a ruin, a ruin—
I will make it!
(Such has never occurred.)
Until he comes whose right it is;
to him I will give it.(B)
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