17 Bible Verses about Abasing People

“And You save an afflicted people;
But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.

For You save an afflicted people,
But haughty eyes You abase.

A man’s pride will bring him low,
But a humble spirit will obtain honor.

For it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,”
Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of the prince,
Whom your eyes have seen.

Then you will be brought low;
From the earth you will speak,
And from the dust where you are prostrate
Your words will come.
Your voice will also be like that of a spirit from the ground,
And your speech will whisper from the dust.

The wise of heart will receive commands,
But a babbling fool will be ruined.

He who winks the eye causes trouble,
And a babbling fool will be ruined.

then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living.

When they go, I will spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation to their assembly.

The Lord supports the afflicted;
He brings down the wicked to the ground.

But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction;
Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.

But God is the Judge;
He puts down one and exalts another.

You pushed me violently so that I was falling,
But the Lord helped me.

“Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.

But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down),

And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.

“He has brought down rulers from their thrones,
And has exalted those who were humble.