Ezekiel 17:14
that the kingdom might be abased, that it might not lift itself up, that it might keep his covenant in order to stand.
Ezekiel 29:14
and I will turn again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return to the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth, and they shall there be a base kingdom.
Deuteronomy 28:43
The sojourner that is in thy midst shall rise above thee higher and higher, and thou shalt sink down lower and lower.
1 Samuel 2:7
Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up:
1 Samuel 2:30
Wherefore Jehovah the God of Israel saith, I said indeed, Thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever. But now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Nehemiah 9:36-37
Behold, we are servants this day, and the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are bondmen in it.
Jeremiah 27:12-17
And I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Jeremiah 38:17
And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, Thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt freely go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house.
Lamentations 5:10
Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the burning heat of the famine.
Ezekiel 17:6
And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, so that its branches should turn toward him, and the roots thereof be under him; and it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
Matthew 22:17-21
tell us therefore what thou thinkest: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?