Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
For when they are humbled you say, ‘It is because of pride’; but he saves the lowly.
He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts; he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.
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