Psalm 18:27

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Psalm 18:27

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

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For the humble shall not always be forgotten: the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Vau This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

When I am poor and needy; the Lord will remember me; thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

Thou wilt save the poor in spirit; but thine eyes are upon the haughty that thou may bring them down.

For thus has said the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is The Holy One; I dwell in the high place and in holiness and with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to cause the spirit of the humble to live and to cause the heart of the contrite ones to live.

For all these things my hand has made, by my hand has these things been, said the LORD; but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit and trembles at my word.

He has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted the humble.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor that ye through his poverty might be enriched.

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the poor of this world that they might be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those that love him?

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The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, does not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

They are closed in with their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.

Whosoever secretly slanders his neighbour, I will cut off; he that has a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.

These six things does the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

The appearance of their countenance witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom; they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

Therefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord has performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will come upon the fruit of the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and upon the glory of his high looks.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for anyone that exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.