Isaiah 5:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

The mean

Revelation 6:15

The eyes

1 Peter 5:5

Bible References

The mean

There kneeleth the man, there falleth the man down before them; but thou, O LORD, wilt not leave them unpunished.

Therefore the LORD shall root out of Israel both head and tail, branch and twig in one day.

Then shall the priest be as the people, the master as the servant, the dame like the maid, the seller like the buyer, he that lendeth upon usury, like him that borroweth upon usury, the creditor as the debtor.

As for men they are but vanity; the children of men are deceitful. Upon the weights they are altogether lighter than vanity itself.

Therefore thought I in myself, "Peradventure they are so simple and foolish, that they understand nothing of the LORD's way, and judgments of our God.

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted,

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and in rocks of the hills,

The eyes

Wherefore the LORD sayeth: As soon as I have performed my whole work upon the hill of Zion and Jerusalem, then will I also visit the noble and stout king of Assyria, with his wisdom and pride."

And I will punish the wickedness of the world, and the sins of the ungodly, sayeth the LORD. The high stomachs of the proud will I take away, and will lay down the boasting of tyrants.

But thou Sennacherib, whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? And against whom hast thou lifted up thy voice, and exalted thy proud looks? Even against the holy one of Israel.

If it be so that thou stoppest my people, that thou wilt not let them go:

pour out thy indignation of thy wrath; see that thou cast down all the proud,

Then did I, Nebuchadnezzar, love, magnify and praise the King of heaven: for all his works are true, and his ways right. As for those that go on proudly, he is able to bring them down.

Likewise, ye younger submit yourselves unto the elder. Submit yourselves every man, one to another. Knit yourselves together in lowliness of mind. For God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.