Matthew 23:12
New Living Translation
12 But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
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1 Peter 5:5
New Living Translation
5 In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”[a]
James 4:6
New Living Translation
6 And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say,
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”[a]
Luke 14:11
New Living Translation
11 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
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Proverbs 29:23
New Living Translation
23 Pride ends in humiliation,
while humility brings honor.
Luke 18:14
New Living Translation
14 I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
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Matthew 18:4
New Living Translation
4 So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Proverbs 15:33
New Living Translation
33 Fear of the Lord teaches wisdom;
humility precedes honor.
Matthew 5:3
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The Beatitudes
3 “God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him,[a]
for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
Footnotes
- 5:3 Greek poor in spirit.
Proverbs 16:18-19
New Living Translation
18 Pride goes before destruction,
and haughtiness before a fall.
19 Better to live humbly with the poor
than to share plunder with the proud.
Daniel 4:37
New Living Translation
37 “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”
Job 22:29
New Living Translation
29 If people are in trouble and you say, ‘Help them,’
God will save them.
Luke 1:51-52
New Living Translation
51 His mighty arm has done tremendous things!
He has scattered the proud and haughty ones.
52 He has brought down princes from their thrones
and exalted the humble.
Isaiah 57:15
New Living Translation
15 The high and lofty one who lives in eternity,
the Holy One, says this:
“I live in the high and holy place
with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.
I restore the crushed spirit of the humble
and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.
Psalm 138:6
New Living Translation
6 Though the Lord is great, he cares for the humble,
but he keeps his distance from the proud.
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