Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
The humble person
General references
Bible References
Men
Job 5:19
"He will deliver you through six calamities; and calamity won't touch you throughout the seventh.
Psalm 9:2
I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praises to your name, Most High!
Psalm 91:14
Because he has focused his love on me, I will deliver him. I will protect him because he knows my name.
Psalm 92:9
Look at your enemies, LORD! Look at your enemies, for they are destroyed; everyone who practices iniquity will be scattered.
He shall
Proverbs 29:23
A person's pride will bring about his downfall, but the humble in spirit will gain honor.
Isaiah 57:15
"For this is what the high and lofty One says, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "He lives in the height and in holiness, and also with the one who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Luke 14:11
Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."
Luke 18:9
Jesus also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves, thinking they were righteous, but who looked down on everyone else:
James 4:6
But he gives all the more grace. And so he says, "God opposes the arrogant but gives grace to the humble."
1 Peter 5:5
In a similar way, you young people must submit to the elders. All of you must clothe yourselves with humility for the sake of each other, because: "God opposes the arrogant, but gives grace to the humble."
The humble person
Psalm 138:6
Though the LORD is highly exalted, yet he pays attention to those who are lowly regarded, but he is aware of the arrogant from afar.
Isaiah 66:2
All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came into being," declares the LORD. "But this is the one to whom I will look favorably: to the one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at my message.
Ezekiel 21:26
This is what the Lord GOD says: "Remove your turban! Take off your crown! Things aren't going to remain as they used to be. What is lowly will be exalted, and what is lofty will be brought low.
Luke 1:52
He pulled powerful rulers from their thrones and lifted up humble people.
General references
Matthew 23:12
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.