Psalm 18:27
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27 For you deliver a humble people,
but the haughty eyes you bring down.(A)
James 2:5
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5 Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?(A)
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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)
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- 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)
Psalm 101:5
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5 One who secretly slanders a neighbor
I will destroy.
A haughty look and an arrogant heart
I will not tolerate.(A)
2 Samuel 22:28
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28 You deliver a humble people,
but your eyes are upon the haughty to bring them down.(A)
2 Corinthians 8:9
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9 For you know the generous act[a] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.(A)
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- 8.9 Gk the grace or gift
Psalm 9:18
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18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
nor the hope of the poor perish forever.(A)
Luke 1:52-53
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52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones
and lifted up the lowly;(A)
53 he has filled the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty.(B)
Isaiah 10:12
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12 When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he[a] will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride.(A)
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- 10.12 Gk: Heb I
Isaiah 3:9
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9 The look on their faces bears witness against them;
they proclaim their sin like Sodom;
they do not hide it.
Woe to them,
for they have brought evil on themselves.(A)
Proverbs 30:12
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12 There are those who are pure in their own eyes,
yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.(A)
Proverbs 6:16-17
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16 There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,(A)
Psalm 40:17
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17 As for me, I am poor and needy,
but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God.(A)
Psalm 34:19
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19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord rescues them from them all.(A)
Psalm 34:6
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6 This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord
and was saved from every trouble.
Psalm 17:13
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13 Rise up, O Lord, confront them, overthrow them!
By your sword deliver my life from the wicked,(A)
Psalm 17:10
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10 They close their hearts to pity;
with their mouths they speak arrogantly.(A)
Psalm 10:4
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4 In the pride of their countenance the wicked say, “God will not seek it out”;
all their thoughts are, “There is no God.”(A)
Luke 18:14
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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.”(A)
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