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

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

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

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

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

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

Related Scriptures

Deuteronomy 8:16  . . . that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end

1 Samuel 2:8 He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. . . .

2 Samuel 22:28 You will save the afflicted people, but your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down.

Job 5:8-11  . . . I would commit my cause to God, who . . . sets up on high those who are low . . .

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

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

Psalm 113:7-8 He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap; that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

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

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

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

Isaiah 2:12 For there will be a day of the Lord of Armies for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low

Isaiah 40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. . . .

Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “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.

Ezekiel 17:24 All the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish . . .

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

1 Corinthians 1:27-28 but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are

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