11 Bible Verses about Abasement
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And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
I know both how to be humbled, and I know how to have an abundance; in everything and by all things I am instructed, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Not that I speak in respect of want, for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.
For whosoever exalts himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold every one that is proud and bring him down.
thus hath the Lord GOD said: Remove the diadem and take off the crown; it shall no longer be like this; I will exalt the one that is low and abase the one that is high.
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
From Thematic Bible
Abasement » Of the proud foretold
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Whosoever secretly slanders his neighbour, I will cut off; he that has a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud, but he will establish the inheritance of the widow.
For the day of the LORD of the hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
Abasement » Who shall be abased
For the day of the LORD of the hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, who didst claim the Gentiles as an inheritance! Thou who said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven; upon high next to the stars of God I will exalt my throne: and I will sit upon the mount of the testimony and in the sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. read more.
Yet thou shalt be cast down to Sheol, to the sides of the pit.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and build up and glorify the King of heaven because all his works are truth, and his ways judgment: and he is able to humble those that walk with arrogance.
The vision of Obadiah. Thus hath the Lord GOD said concerning Edom: We have heard the message from the LORD, and a messenger is sent to the Gentiles, Arise, and let us rise up against her in battle. Behold, I have made thee small among the Gentiles: thou shalt be greatly humbled. The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? read more.
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle and though thou set thy nest among the stars, from there I will bring thee down, said the LORD.
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Abasement » Examples of » Sennacherib
And the LORD sent an angel who cut off all the mighty men of valour and the captains and the princes in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And as he entered into the house of his god, those that had come forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
Abasement » Examples of » Nineveh
This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! anyone that passes by her shall hiss and wag his hand.
Abasement » Examples of » Nebuchadnezzar
The same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from among men and ate grass as the oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws.
Abasement » Examples of » Belshazzar
PERES; Thy kingdom has been broken and is given to the Medes and Persians.
Abasement » Examples of » Pharaoh
Pharaoh's chariots and his host he has cast into the sea; his chosen princes also are drowned in the Red sea.
Abasement » Examples of » Haman
Then said Harbonah, one of the eunuchs before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him upon it.
Topics on Abasement
Abasement Of The Proud
Luke 14:11For whosoever exalts himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
Abasement, Examples Of
Daniel 4:33The same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from among men and ate grass as the oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws.
Self Abasement
Colossians 2:18Let no one govern you according to their own will under pretext of humility and religion of angels, intruding into those things which they have not seen, vainly puffed up by their fleshly mind,