Matthew 23:8-10

New International Version

⁸“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. ⁹And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father,^(A) and he is in heaven. ¹⁰Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.

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2 Chronicles 7:13-14

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¹³“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,^(A) or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, ¹⁴if my people, who are called by my name,^(B) will humble^(C) themselves and pray and seek my face^(D) and turn^(E) from their wicked ways, then I will hear^(F) from heaven, and I will forgive^(G) their sin and will heal^(H) their land.

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Isaiah 35:10

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¹⁰    and those the Lord has rescued^(A) will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;^(B)
    everlasting joy^(C) will crown their heads.
Gladness^(D) and joy will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.^(E)

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Isaiah 35:10 in all English translations

Proverbs 16:18-19

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¹⁸Pride^(A) goes before destruction,
a haughty spirit^(B) before a fall.^(C)

¹⁹Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed
than to share plunder with the proud.

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Micah 6:8

New International Version

⁸He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly^(A) and to love mercy
and to walk humbly^[a]^(B) with your God.^(C)

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Micah 6:8 in all English translations

Matthew 11:29

New International Version

²⁹Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,^(A) for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.^(B)

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Matthew 11:29 in all English translations

Matthew 18:3-4

New International Version

³And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children,^(A) you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.^(B) ⁴Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.^(C)

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