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Matthew 23:12
For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. (niv)
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Proverbs 3:34
He mocks proud mockers but shows favor to the humble and oppressed. (niv)
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1 Peter 5 5
In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because,“ God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” (niv)
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Psalms 138:6
Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar. (niv)
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Proverbs 18:12
Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor. (niv)
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Proverbs 29:23
Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor. (niv)
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Proverbs 6:16-17
There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him:haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, (niv)
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Job 22:29
When people are brought low and you say,‘ Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast. (niv)
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Isaiah 2:11-12
The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled and human pride brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted( and they will be humbled), (niv)
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Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble. (niv)
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Proverbs 22:4
Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life. (niv)
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Isaiah 2:17
The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day, (niv)
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Luke 14:11
For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” (niv)
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Isaiah 57:15
For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy:“ I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. (niv)
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Luke 18:14
“ I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” (niv)
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Proverbs 15:33
Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord, and humility comes before honor. (niv)
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2 Chronicles 33 12
In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. (niv)
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2 Chronicles 33 23
But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble himself before the Lord; Amon increased his guilt. (niv)
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Luke 1:52
He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. (niv)
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1 Samuel 2 3
“ Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the Lord is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed. (niv)
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2 Chronicles 34 27
Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he spoke against this place and its people, and because you humbled yourself before me and tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the Lord. (niv)
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2 Chronicles 32 26
Then Hezekiah repented of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the Lord’s wrath did not come on them during the days of Hezekiah. (niv)
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Isaiah 10:8-14
‘ Are not my commanders all kings?’ he says.‘ Has not Kalno fared like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad, and Samaria like Damascus?As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?’”When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say,“ I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes.For he says:“‘ By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their kings.As one reaches into a nest, so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations; as people gather abandoned eggs, so I gathered all the countries; not one flapped a wing, or opened its mouth to chirp.’” (niv)
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Exodus 10:3-4
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to 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, so that they may worship me.If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow. (niv)
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Matthew 13:12
Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. (niv)
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Isaiah 16:6-7
We have heard of Moab’s pride— how great is her arrogance!— of her conceit, her pride and her insolence; but her boasts are empty.Therefore the Moabites wail, they wail together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth. (niv)
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Daniel 5:20-23
But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes.“ But you, Belshazzar, his son, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this.Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways. (niv)
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Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.” (niv)
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Job 40:10-12
Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand. (niv)
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Isaiah 54:7
“ For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back. (niv)
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Psalms 9:12
For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted. (niv)
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2 Chronicles 33 19
His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself— all these are written in the records of the seers. (niv)
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Exodus 15:9-10
The enemy boasted,‘ I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.’But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. (niv)