2 Samuel 22:28

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Summary

2 Samuel 22:28

And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

Afflicted

Matthew 5:3

But thine

Bible References

Afflicted

The Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”

For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted
And justice for the poor.

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed me
To bring good news to the

afflicted;

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to captives
And freedom to prisoners;

In all their affliction

He was afflicted,

And the angel of His presence saved them;
In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,
And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.

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Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

But thine

For this time I will send all My plagues on you and your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

Moses and Aaron went 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.

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; indeed, it was proven when they dealt proudly against the people.”

“Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.

For though the Lord is exalted,
Yet He regards the lowly,
But the haughty He knows from afar.

Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
The lamp of the wicked, is sin.

The

proud look of man will be abased

And the loftiness of man will be humbled,
And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

So the common man will be humbled and the man of importance abased,

The eyes of the proud also will be abased.

“Whom have you reproached and blasphemed?
And against whom have you raised your voice
And haughtily lifted up your eyes?
Against the Holy One of Israel!

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.