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
And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and they said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, 'Until when will you refuse to submit before me? Release my people so that they may serve me.
2 Chronicles 33:12
And when he was in distress he entreated Yahweh his God and greatly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors
Matthew 18:4
Therefore whoever humbles himself like this child, this person is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven,
James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the [right] time,

Sit

Isaiah 3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall be banished; she shall sit upon the ground.
Isaiah 47:1
Come down and sit on [the] dust, virgin daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of Chaldea! For {they shall no longer call} you tender and delicate.
Lamentations 2:10
They sit on the ground, the elders of the daughter of Zion are silent. They cast dust on their head, they have put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their head down to the ground.

General references

Isaiah 66:21
And indeed, I will take some of them as priests [and] the Levites," says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 17:20
And you must say to them, 'Hear the word of Yahweh, kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
Jeremiah 21:11
"And to the house of the king of Judah, 'Hear the word of Yahweh,
Ezekiel 34:7
Therefore, hear, shepherds, the word of Yahweh: