Luke 18:14
I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
Matthew 23:12
And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods, for in the thing in which they dealt proudly against them he has destroyed them."
1 Samuel 1:18
She said, "May I, your servant, find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and got something to eat. Her face no longer looked sad.
Job 9:20
Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.
Job 22:29
When people are brought low and you say 'Lift them up!' then he will save the downcast;
Job 25:4
How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
Job 40:9-13
Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
Psalm 138:6
Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly, and recognizes the proud from far away.
Psalm 143:2
Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
Proverbs 3:34
Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.
Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the Lord provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.
Proverbs 16:18-19
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.
Proverbs 29:23
A person's pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.
Isaiah 2:11-17
Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 45:25
All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the Lord and will boast in him.
Isaiah 53:11
Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done. "My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.
Isaiah 57:15
For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.
Habakkuk 2:4
Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.
Matthew 5:3
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Luke 1:52
He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;
Luke 5:24-25
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- he said to the paralyzed man -- "I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher and go home."
Luke 7:47-50
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little loves little."
Luke 10:29
But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
Luke 16:15
But Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in men's eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God's sight.
Romans 3:20
For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Romans 4:5
But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.
Romans 5:1
Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 8:33
Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
Galatians 2:16
yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
James 2:21-25
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
James 4:6
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble."
James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
1 Peter 5:5-6
In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.