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Matthew 23:12
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
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Proverbs 3:34
He mocks those who mock but gives grace to the humble.
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1 Peter 5 5
In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
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Psalms 138:6
Though the LORD is exalted, he takes note of the humble; but he knows the haughty from a distance.
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Proverbs 18:12
Before his downfall a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
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Proverbs 29:23
A person’s pride will humble him, but a humble spirit will gain honor.
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Proverbs 6:16-17
The LORD hates six things; in fact, seven are detestable to him:arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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Job 22:29
When others are humiliated and you say,“ Lift them up,” God will save the humble.
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Isaiah 2:11-12
The pride of mankind will be humbled, and human loftiness will be brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.For a day belonging to the LORD of Armies is coming against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up— it will be humbled—
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Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and glorify the King of the heavens, because all his works are true and his ways are just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
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Proverbs 22:4
Humility, the fear of the LORD, results in wealth, honor, and life.
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Isaiah 2:17
The pride of mankind will be brought low, and human loftiness will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.
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Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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Isaiah 57:15
For the High and Exalted One, who lives forever, whose name is holy, says this:“ I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.
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Luke 18:14
I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the LORD is what wisdom teaches, and humility comes before honor.
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2 Chronicles 33 12
When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
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2 Chronicles 33 23
But he did not humble himself before the LORD like his father Manasseh humbled himself; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
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Luke 1:52
he has toppled the mighty from their thrones and exalted the lowly.
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1 Samuel 2 3
Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogant words come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and actions are weighed by him.
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2 Chronicles 34 27
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before me, and you tore your clothes and wept before me, I myself have heard’— this is the LORD’s declaration.
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2 Chronicles 32 26
Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart— he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem— so the LORD’s wrath didn’t come on them during Hezekiah’s lifetime.
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Isaiah 10:8-14
For he says,“ Aren’t all my commanders kings?Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?As my hand seized the kingdoms of worthless images, kingdoms whose idols exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,and as I did to Samaria and its worthless images will I not also do to Jerusalem and its idols?”But when the Lord finishes all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say,“ I will punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.”For he said: I have done this by my own strength and wisdom, for I am clever. I abolished the borders of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.My hand has reached out, as if into a nest, to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered the whole earth. No wing fluttered; no beak opened or chirped.
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Exodus 10:3-4
So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and told him,“ This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may worship me.But if you refuse to let my people go, then tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.
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Matthew 13:12
For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have more than enough; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
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Isaiah 16:6-7
We have heard of Moab’s pride— how very proud he is— his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance, and his empty boasting.Therefore let Moab wail; let every one of them wail for Moab. You who are completely devastated, mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
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Daniel 5:20-23
But when his heart was exalted and his spirit became arrogant, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken from him.He was driven away from people, his mind was like an animal’s, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky until he acknowledged that the Most High God is ruler over human kingdoms and sets anyone he wants over them.“ But you his successor, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of the heavens. The vessels from his house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in his hand and who controls the whole course of your life.
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Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods, because he did wonders when the Egyptians acted arrogantly against Israel.”
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Job 40:10-12
Adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.Pour out your raging anger; look on every proud person and humiliate him.Look on every proud person and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
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Isaiah 54:7
“ I deserted you for a brief moment, but I will take you back with abundant compassion.
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Psalms 9:12
For the one who seeks an accounting for bloodshed remembers them; he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.
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2 Chronicles 33 19
His prayer and how God was receptive to his prayer, and all his sin and unfaithfulness and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and carved images before he humbled himself, they are written in the Events of Hozai.
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Exodus 15:9-10
The enemy said:“ I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My desire will be gratified at their expense. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.”But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.