Psalms 18:27

God saves the afflicted but brings down the proud. It matters because God lifts the humble and humbles the arrogant.

Cross-references · 19

• 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.
• Jas 2:5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• 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.
• 2 Sam 22:28And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
• Ps 101:5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
• Ps 9:18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
• 2 Cor 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
• Isa 10:12Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
• Ps 17:13Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
• Ps 40:17But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
• Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
• Ps 34:6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
• Ps 17:10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
• Luke 1:52–53He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
• Prov 6:16–17These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
• Ps 10:4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
• Prov 30:12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
• Isa 3:9The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
• 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.

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