(Now Moses was very humble. He was the least proud person on earth.)

The Lord makes some people poor, and others he makes rich. He makes some people humble, and others he makes great.

You save the humble, but you bring down those who are proud.

When you heard my words against this place and its people, you became sorry for what you had done and humbled yourself before me. I said they would be cursed and would be destroyed. You tore your clothes to show how upset you were, and you cried in my presence. This is why I have heard you, says the Lord.

Then if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, if they will pray and seek me and stop their evil ways, I will hear them from heaven. I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.

As Manasseh suffered, he begged the Lord his God for help and humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

Manasseh’s prayer and God’s pity for him, his sins, his unfaithfulness, the places he built for worshiping gods and the Asherah idols before he humbled himself—all are written in the book of the seers.

Amon did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done. Instead, Amon sinned even more.

When you heard my words against this place and its people, you became sorry for what you had done and you humbled yourself before me. You tore your clothes to show how upset you were, and you cried in my presence. This is why I have heard you, says the Lord.

He makes the humble person important and lifts the sad to places of safety.

When people are made humble and you say, ‘Have courage,’ then the humble will be saved.

Look at the proud and make them humble. Crush the wicked wherever they are.

You save the humble, but you bring down those who are proud.

He shows those who are humble how to do right, and he teaches them his ways.

Though the Lord is supreme, he takes care of those who are humble, but he stays away from the proud.

The Lord defends the humble, but he throws the wicked to the ground.

The Lord is pleased with his people; he saves the humble.

Pride leads only to shame; it is wise to be humble.

Respect for the Lord will teach you wisdom. If you want to be honored, you must be humble.

It is better to be humble and be with those who suffer than to share stolen property with the proud.

Proud people will be ruined, but the humble will be honored.

Pride will ruin people, but those who are humble will be honored.

Proud people will be made humble, and they will bow low with shame. At that time only the Lord will still be praised.

At that time proud people will be made humble, and they will bow low with shame. At that time only the Lord will be praised,

So the common people and the great people will be brought down; those who are proud will be humbled.