Psalms 138:6

Though Yahweh is exalted on high, He cares for the lowly and keeps the proud at a distance.

Cross-references · 23

• Ps 113:5–6Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
• 1 Sam 2:7–8The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
• Isa 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Prov 3:34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
• Jas 4:6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
• Isa 66:2For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
• Luke 14:11For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• Dan 4:37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
• Luke 18:14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• Luke 1:48For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
• 1 Pet 5:5–6Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
• 2 Th 1:9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
• Ps 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
• Isa 2:17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Acts 12:22–23And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
• Isa 2:11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Luke 1:51–53He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
• Dan 5:20–24But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
• Ezek 28:2–9Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
• Job 40:11–12Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
• Ps 139:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
• Matt 25:41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
• Exod 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

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