Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Parallel translations
- KJV And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
- BSB For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- ESV Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- NKJV And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
- NASB Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
- NLT But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
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- 1 Pet 5:5Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Jas 4:6But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Prov 29:23A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
- Luke 18:14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Matt 18:4Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
- Prov 15:33The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.
- Matt 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
- Prov 16:18–19Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Dan 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Job 22:29When they cast down, you shall say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
- Luke 1:51–52He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
- Isa 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Ps 138:6For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.
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