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Proverbs 16:19
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Proverbs 16:19
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19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor
than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs 16:19
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Proverbs 16:19
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19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed
than to share plunder with the proud.
Matthew 5:3
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Matthew 5:3
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3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(A)
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Matthew 5:3
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Matthew 5:3
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3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(A)
Isaiah 57:15
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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)
Isaiah 57:15
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Isaiah 57:15
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Psalm 138:6
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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 138:6
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Psalm 138:6
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Exodus 15:9
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Exodus 15:9
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9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue; I will overtake;
I will divide the spoil; my desire shall have its fill of them.
I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’(A)
Exodus 15:9
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Exodus 15:9
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Luke 18:13-14
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Luke 18:13-14
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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!’(A) 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.”(B)
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Luke 18:13-14
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Luke 18:13-14
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13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast(A) and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’(B)
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.”(C)
Luke 1:51-53
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Luke 1:51-53
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51 He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.(A)
52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones
and lifted up the lowly;(B)
53 he has filled the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty.(C)
Luke 1:51-53
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Luke 1:51-53
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Isaiah 53:12
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Isaiah 53:12
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12 Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,
because he poured out himself to death
and was numbered with the transgressors,
yet he bore the sin of many
and made intercession for the transgressors.(A)
Isaiah 53:12
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Isaiah 53:12
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Isaiah 10:13-15
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Isaiah 10:13-15
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13 For he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I have removed the boundaries of peoples
and have plundered their treasures;
like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones.(A)
14 My hand has found, like a nest,
the wealth of the peoples,
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
so I have gathered all the earth,
and there was none that moved a wing
or opened its mouth or chirped.”(B)
15 Shall the ax vaunt itself over the one who wields it
or the saw magnify itself against the one who handles it?
As if a rod should raise the one who lifts it up,
or as if a staff should lift the one who is not wood!(C)
Isaiah 10:13-15
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Isaiah 10:13-15
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13 For he says:
“‘By the strength of my hand(A) I have done this,(B)
and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
I plundered their treasures;(C)
like a mighty one I subdued[a] their kings.(D)
14 As one reaches into a nest,(E)
so my hand reached for the wealth(F) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
so I gathered all the countries;(G)
not one flapped a wing,
or opened its mouth to chirp.(H)’”
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- Isaiah 10:13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,
Isaiah 10:6
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Isaiah 10:6
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6 Against a godless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take spoil and seize plunder,
and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.(A)
Isaiah 9:3
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Isaiah 9:3
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3 You have multiplied exultation;[a]
you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
as with joy at the harvest,
as people exult when dividing plunder.(A)
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- 9.3 Cn: Heb multiplied the nation not
Isaiah 9:3
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Isaiah 9:3
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Psalm 34:18
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Psalm 34:18
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18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.(A)
Psalm 34:18
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Psalm 34:18
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Proverbs 29:23
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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)
Proverbs 29:23
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Proverbs 29:23
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