Luke 18:14

Jesus declares the tax collector, not the Pharisee, went home justified, for God exalts the humble and humbles the proud. Justification comes by humble faith, not self-righteousness.

Cross-references · 37

• Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• Luke 16:15So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
• Jas 4:10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
• Matt 23:12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
• Prov 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
• Jas 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
• Ps 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
• Matt 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Isa 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
• 1 Pet 5:5–6Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Job 25:4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
• Prov 3:34He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
• Exod 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
• Rom 4:5However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
• Prov 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
• 1 Sam 1:18“May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began eating again, and her face was no longer downcast.
• Isa 2:11–17The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
• Prov 15:33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
• Prov 16:18–19Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Job 22:29When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
• Gal 2:16know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
• Isa 53:11After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
• Luke 5:24–25But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
• Rom 3:20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
• Rom 8:33Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
• Job 9:20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
• Jas 2:21–25Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
• Rom 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• Isa 45:25In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.
• Dan 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
• Ps 143:2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
• Luke 7:47–50Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”
• Job 40:9–13Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
• Eccl 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
• Hab 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
• Luke 10:29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

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