17 Bible Verses about Abasing People

Humble people you will deliver, but your eyes [are] on the haughty, [whom] you bring down.

For you deliver humble people, but haughty eyes you humiliate.

The pride of a person will bring him humiliation, and the lowly of spirit will obtain honor.

For [it is] better [that] he say to you, "Ascend here," than he humble you before a noble. What your eyes have seen,

Then you shall be low; you shall speak from [the] earth, and your words will be low, from dust. And your voice will be from [the] earth, like a ghost, and your word will whisper from [the] dust.

A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

The winking of an eye causes trouble, and the foolishness of lips comes to ruin.

And I will bring you down with [those who are] going down to the grave, {an ancient people}, and I will cause you to dwell in the world of [the] depths, in the ruins from of old with [those who are] going down to [the] grave, so that you will not be inhabited and {have a place} in [the] land of [the] living.

Just as they go, I will cast my net over them; I will bring them down like the birds of the heavens; I will discipline them according to a report to their assembly.

Yahweh helps the afflicted up; [he] brings [the] wicked down to [the] ground.

But you, O God, you will bring them down to [the] pit of corruption. [The] men of bloodshed and deceit will not live half their days, but I will trust you.

rather God [is the] judge; one he brings low, and another he lifts up.

You pushed me hard to [make me] fall, but Yahweh helped me.

But you are brought down to Sheol, to [the] depths of [the] pit.

But the righteousness from faith speaks like this: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down),

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today.

He has brought down rulers from [their] thrones, and has exalted the lowly.