14 Bible Verses about Humbling The Proud
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And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
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.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through the storm.
For you will save the humble people; but will bring down haughty looks.
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Therefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord has performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Your pomp is brought down to the grave, and the sound of your harps: the maggot is spread under you, and the worms cover you.
The LORD of hosts has purposed it, to defile the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
For he brings down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he lays it low; he lays it low, even to the ground; he brings it even to the dust.
The sons also of them that afflicted you shall come bending low unto you; and all they that despised you shall bow themselves down at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
And you, Capernaum, which is exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hades: for if the mighty works, which have been done in you, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
Bible Theasaurus
- Humbling (13 instances)
- Proud (119 instances)