Matthew 23:12

Matthew 23:12
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

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Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,

James 4:6
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Matthew 5:3
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

Luke 1:51
He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Luke 1:52
He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly.

Proverbs 3:34
Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Romans 12:3
For I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Romans 12:10
In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor prefer one another,

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Matthew 23:8
But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.

Matthew 23:9
Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

Matthew 23:10
Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.

Matthew 23:11
But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

Matthew 18:3
and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 18:4
Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 20:26
It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

Matthew 20:27
Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

Luke 9:48
and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great.”

Matthew 23:1
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,

Mark 9:35
He sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”

Mark 10:43
But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

Mark 10:44
Whoever of you wants to become first among you shall be bondservant of all.

Luke 22:26
But not so with you. Rather, the one who is greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.

1 Peter 5:3
not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

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Proverbs 29:23
A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

Job 22:29
When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.

Isaiah 57:15
For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Psalms 138:6
For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.

Proverbs 15:33
The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.

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

Proverbs 16:19
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.

Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

Psalms 18:27
For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.

Psalms 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.

Proverbs 22:4
The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

Isaiah 2:11
The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 2:12
For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and arrogant, and for all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low—

Isaiah 66:2
For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

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Ezekiel 31:10
“Therefore thus said the Lord Yahweh: ‘Because he is exalted in stature, and he has set his top among the thick branches, and his heart is lifted up in his height,

Proverbs 17:19
He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

Proverbs 25:6
Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

Proverbs 25:7
for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

Isaiah 14:13
You said in your heart, “I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!

Isaiah 14:14
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the Most High!”

Isaiah 47:10
For you have trusted in your wickedness. You have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and your knowledge has perverted you. You have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’

Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and no god, though you set your heart as the heart of a god—

Obadiah 1:4
Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says Yahweh.

Mark 10:37
They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory.”

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Luke 14:8
“When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

John 12:32
And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

Romans 12:16
Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

Ephesians 4:2
with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Philippians 2:3
doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

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