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.
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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.
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Luke 18:9
And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:
Luke 18:10
Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
Luke 18:12
Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.
Luke 18:13
The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Luke 13:30
And the last will be first, and the first will be last.
Luke 16:15
And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.
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Isaiah 2:11
The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.
Job 40:11
Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.
Job 40:12
Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.
Psalms 18:27
For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.
Isaiah 2:17
And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.
Proverbs 6:17
Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
Daniel 4:30
The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?
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Proverbs 29:23
A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.
Matthew 18:4
Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Job 22:29
For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.
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 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.
Philippians 2:3
Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
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.
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Luke 1:51
With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.
Luke 1:52
He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree.
Luke 1:53
Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;
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Exodus 10:3
Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.
Leviticus 26:41
So that I went against them and sent them away into the land of their haters: if then the pride of their hearts is broken and they take the punishment of their sins,
2 Chronicles 32:26
But then, Hezekiah, in sorrow for what he had done, put away his pride; and he and all Jerusalem made themselves low, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come on them in Hezekiah's life-time.
2 Chronicles 33:23
He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.
2 Chronicles 12:6
Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright.
2 Chronicles 33:13
And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.
Daniel 5:22
And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this;
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Psalms 51:17
The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.
Matthew 5:3
Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
Psalms 34:18
The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.
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.
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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;
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Matthew 20:27
And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:
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Luke 14:8
When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,
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Luke 14:10
But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.
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