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Matthew 18:4
Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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Matthew 18:1
In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

Matthew 18:2
And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them,

Matthew 18:3
And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:4
Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:5
And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me:

Luke 9:46
Now there was a discussion among them about which of them would be the greatest.

Luke 9:47
But when Jesus saw the reasoning of their hearts, he took a small child and put him by his side,

Luke 9:48
And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.

Mark 9:33
And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way?

Mark 9:34
But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.

Mark 9:35
And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.

Mark 9:36
And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them,

Mark 9:37
Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.

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Matthew 23:12
And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

Matthew 5:3
Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Luke 18:14
I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

Isaiah 57:15
For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

Luke 14:11
For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:19
Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.

Proverbs 29:23
A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

Isaiah 66:2
For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.

Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.

Proverbs 22:4
The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

James 4:6
But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.

Job 22:29
For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

Psalms 51:17
The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.

Psalms 138:6
Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

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Matthew 20:25
But Jesus said to them, You see that the rulers of the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.

Matthew 20:26
Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;

Matthew 20:27
And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:

Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

Matthew 23:11
But let the greatest among you be your servant.

Luke 22:26
But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.

Luke 22:27
For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

3 John 1:9
I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there.

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Mark 10:14
And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God.

Mark 10:15
Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

Matthew 19:13
Then some people took little children to him, so that he might put his hands on them in blessing: and the disciples said sharp words to them.

Matthew 19:14
But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do not keep them away: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:15
And he put his hands on them, and went away.

Luke 18:15
And they took their children to him, so that he might put his hands on them: but when the disciples saw it, they said sharp words to them

Luke 18:16
But Jesus sent for them, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not keep them away, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 18:17
Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

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1 Corinthians 14:20
My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

1 Peter 2:1
So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,

1 Peter 2:2
Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

Psalms 131:1
A Song of the going up. Of David. Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.

Psalms 131:2
See, I have made my soul calm and quiet, like a child on its mother's breast; my soul is like a child on its mother's breast.

1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.

James 1:21
For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.

Isaiah 28:9
To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast?

Acts 8:31
And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.

1 Corinthians 8:2
If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;

Ephesians 4:14
So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;

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Matthew 18:10
Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 18:6
But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

Isaiah 40:11
He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.

Matthew 10:42
And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.

John 21:15
Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food.

Matthew 11:16
But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,

Matthew 25:40
And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

Zechariah 13:7
Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.

Matthew 18:14
Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

Matthew 18:35
So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.

Luke 17:2
It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

1 Corinthians 8:11
And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.

1 Corinthians 8:12
And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:22
To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.

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1 Peter 5:5
And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.

1 Peter 5:6
For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;

Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

James 4:10
Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.

Psalms 25:9
He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.

Matthew 5:10
Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

Romans 12:16
Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.

1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

Colossians 3:12
As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

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Proverbs 1:5
(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

Proverbs 9:9
Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

Proverbs 25:12
Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

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