Matthew 23:12

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

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Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

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,

1 Kings 21:29
Do you see how Ahab has made himself low before me? because he has made himself low before me, I will not send the evil in his life-time, but in his son's time I will send the evil on his family.

2 Chronicles 12:6
Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright.

2 Chronicles 12:7
And the Lord, seeing that they had made themselves low, said to Shemaiah, They have made themselves low: I will not send destruction on them, but in a short time I will give them salvation, and will not let loose my wrath on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

2 Chronicles 12:12
And when he made himself low, the wrath of the Lord was turned back from him, and complete destruction did not come on him, for there was still some good in Judah.

Daniel 5:20
But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his place as king, and they took his glory from him:

Daniel 5:21
And he was sent out from among the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts', and he was living with the asses of the fields; he had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he was certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives power over it to anyone at his pleasure.

Daniel 5:22
And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this;

Daniel 5:23
But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory;

Matthew 11:23
And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.

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Deuteronomy 8:2
And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

Deuteronomy 8:3
And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 8:16
Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;

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1 Samuel 2:9
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.

Psalms 27:6
And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

Psalms 28:9
Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.

Psalms 30:1
A Psalm. A Song at the blessing of the House. Of David. I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me.

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2 Chronicles 20:1
Now after this, the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunim, made war against Jehoshaphat.

Psalms 83:5
For they have all come to an agreement; they are all joined together against you:

Psalms 83:6
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagarites;

Psalms 83:7
Gebal and Ammon and Amalek; the Philistines and the people of Tyre;

Psalms 83:8
Assur is joined with them; they have become the support of the children of Lot. (Selah.)

Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.

Matthew 22:16
And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.

Acts 4:27
For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,

Acts 6:9
But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

Acts 17:18
And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

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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 33:12
And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

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.

2 Chronicles 33:19
And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.

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.

Job 40:10
Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:

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.

Ezekiel 6:9
And those of you who are kept safe will have me in mind among the nations where they have been taken away as prisoners, how I sent punishment on their hearts which were untrue to me, and on their eyes which were turned to their false gods: and they will be full of hate for themselves because of the evil things which they have done in all their disgusting ways.

Ezekiel 20:43
And there, at the memory of your ways and of all the things you did to make yourselves unclean, you will have bitter hate for yourselves because of all the evil things you have done.

James 4:7
For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

James 4:8
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

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Matthew 5:16
Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Matthew 6:1
Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Matthew 6:2
When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

Matthew 6:5
And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Matthew 6:16
And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Matthew 6:19
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

Matthew 6:22
The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.

Matthew 6:23
But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

Luke 17:10
In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.

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.

2 Corinthians 11:7
Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?

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Matthew 23:39
For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.

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Matthew 26:5
But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.

Matthew 26:47
And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a band armed with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and those in authority over the people.

Luke 13:1
Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.

Acts 4:1
And while they were talking to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them,

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Job 5:11
Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;

Psalms 113:7
He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;

Ezekiel 21:26
This is what the Lord has said: Take away the holy head-dress, take off the crown: this will not be again: let that which is low be lifted up, and that which is high be made low.

Luke 6:20
And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

Romans 6:4
We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.

James 1:10
But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

James 5:12
But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

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

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.

Luke 14:9
And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.

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.

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.

3 John 1:10
So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do.

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Matthew 26:56
But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might come true. Then all his disciples went from him in flight.

John 13:14
If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean.

John 13:15
I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.

John 13:16
Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.

John 13:18
I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.

1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.

1 Corinthians 9:20
And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law.

1 Corinthians 9:21
To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.

1 Corinthians 9:23
And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.

Galatians 5:13
Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.

Philippians 2:6
To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;

1 Thessalonians 5:13
And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

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Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.

Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

Matthew 20:20
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, giving him worship and making a request of him.

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 20:28
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.

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.

John 13:13
You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am.

John 13:17
If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.

Romans 12:2
And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

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.

Philippians 2:5
Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,

Philippians 2:7
But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;

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1 Corinthians 13:5
Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

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

Psalms 59:12
Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

Psalms 147:6
The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.

Proverbs 13:10
The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

Galatians 6:2
Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:3
For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.

Galatians 6:4
But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.

Galatians 6:5
Because every man is responsible for his part of the work.

2 Timothy 2:24
For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,

2 Timothy 2:25
Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,

2 Timothy 2:26
And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.

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Job 36:22
Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?

Psalms 75:10
By him will all the horns of the sinners be cut off; but the horns of the upright will be lifted up.

Psalms 89:16
In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.

Psalms 89:17
For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.

Isaiah 40:4
Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,

Ezekiel 17:21
All his best fighting-men will be put to the sword, and the rest will be sent away to every wind: and you will be certain that I the Lord have said it.

Ezekiel 21:6
Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.

James 1:9
But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up;

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1 Samuel 15:17
And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,

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.

Proverbs 6:16
Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:

Proverbs 6:17
Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

Proverbs 16:5
Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

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.

Isaiah 23:9
It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.

Ezekiel 28:4
By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:

Daniel 5:24
Then the part of the hand was sent out from before him, and this writing was recorded.

1 Timothy 1:15
It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief:

James 4:9
Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.

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Proverbs 28:5
Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.

Proverbs 29:22
An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.

1 Peter 3:4
But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.

1 Peter 3:8
Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:

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Luke 13:30
And the last will be first, and the first will be last.

Revelation 18:7
As she gave glory to herself, and became more evil in her ways, in the same measure give her pain and weeping: for she says in her heart, I am seated here a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see sorrow.

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Matthew 3:12
In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.

Matthew 13:43
Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

Matthew 19:28
And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the time when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luke 7:28
I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

Luke 22:30
So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luke 22:31
Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:

Luke 22:34
And he said, I say to you, Peter, before the cock's second cry today, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.

1 Peter 5:4
And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.

Revelation 3:21
To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.

Revelation 21:14
And the wall of the town had twelve bases, and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

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