Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
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.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
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.”
he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;
But Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
And when he humbled himself the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to make a complete destruction. Moreover, conditions were good in Judah.
And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.
They have not humbled themselves even to this day, nor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.
All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is righteous.” When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.
“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son's days I will bring the disaster upon his house.”
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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.
Say to the king and the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head.”
who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted. For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.
However, some men of Asher, of Manasseh, and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
And you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,
Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord.
And he did not humble himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but this Amon incurred guilt more and more.
And his prayer, and how God was moved by his entreaty, and all his sin and his faithlessness, and the sites on which he built high places and set up the Asherim and the images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the Chronicles of the Seers.
Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
“As for you, son of man, groan; with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan before their eyes.
Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.’
so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies—if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,
But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand.
As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
And all the pick of his troops shall fall by the sword, and the survivors shall be scattered to every wind, and you shall know that I am the Lord; I have spoken.”
and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;
who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
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