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
Then Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh and said unto him, Thus hath the LORD God of the Hebrews said, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? Let my people go that they may serve me.
2 Chronicles 33:12
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
Matthew 18:4
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens.
James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,

Sit

Isaiah 3:26
Thy gates shall lament and mourn, and she being desolate shall sit upon 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 thou shalt no longer be called tender and delicate.
Lamentations 2:10
Jod The elders of the daughter of Zion sat upon the ground and are silent: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth; the daughters of Jerusalem hung their heads down to the ground.

General references

Isaiah 66:21
And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:20
and say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
Jeremiah 21:11
And to the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
Ezekiel 34:7
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;