Ezekiel 17:14
That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant -- that it may stand.
Ezekiel 29:14
And I have turned back to the captivity of Egypt, And I have brought them back To the land of Pathros, to the land of their birth, And they have been there a low kingdom.
Deuteronomy 28:43
the sojourner who is in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low;
1 Samuel 2:7
Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.
1 Samuel 2:30
Therefore -- the affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel -- I certainly said, Thy house and the house of thy father, do walk up and down before Me to the age; and now -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- Far be it from Me! for he who is honouring Me, I honour, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.
Nehemiah 9:36-37
Lo, we -- to-day -- are servants, and the land that Thou hast given to our fathers, to eat its fruit and its good -- lo, we are servants on it,
Jeremiah 27:12-17
And unto Zedekiah king of Judah I have spoken according to all these words, saying, 'Cause your necks to enter into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Jeremiah 38:17
And Jeremiah saith unto Zedekiah, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel: If thou dost certainly go forth unto the heads of the king of Babylon, then hath thy soul lived, and this city is not burned with fire, yea, thou hast lived, thou and thy house.
Lamentations 5:10
Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.
Ezekiel 17:6
And it springeth up, and becometh a spreading vine, humble of stature, To turn its thin shoots toward itself, And its roots are under it, And it becometh a vine, and maketh boughs, And sendeth forth beauteous branches.
Matthew 22:17-21
tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?'