"Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off."
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For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.
For Jehovah is high; but he looketh upon the lowly, and the proud he knoweth afar off.
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Though the LORD is high, yet hath he respect to the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; But the proud, he knows from afar.
For high `is' Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.