Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

Bible References

Humble

Exodus 10:3
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.
2 Chronicles 33:12
When he was in distress, he entreated the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Matthew 18:4
Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
1 Peter 5:6
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,

Sit

Isaiah 3:26
And her gates will lament and mourn,
And deserted she will sit on the ground.
Isaiah 47:1
Come down and sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no longer be called tender and delicate.
Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion
Sit on the ground, they are silent.
They have thrown dust on their heads;
They have girded themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
Have bowed their heads to the ground.

General references

Isaiah 66:21
I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 17:20
and say to them, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord, kings of Judah, and all Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in through these gates:
Jeremiah 21:11
“Then say to the household of the king of Judah, ‘Hear the word of the Lord,
Ezekiel 34:7
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: