Zechariah 12:7

God will save the tents of Judah first, so that the honor of David's house and Jerusalem's elite does not eclipse the humble. It matters because God deliberately guards His people from pride and exalts the lowly.

Cross-references · 20

• Jer 30:18Yahweh says: “Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places. The city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited in its own place.
• Amos 9:11In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
• Ps 55:12For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.
• Ps 35:26Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
• Rom 3:27Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
• Luke 1:51–53He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
• Isa 2:11–17The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the haughtiness of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.
• John 7:47–49The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?
• Zech 4:6Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.
• Ps 38:16For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
• Job 19:5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
• Isa 23:9Yahweh of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
• Jer 9:23–24Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.
• Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
• Zech 11:11It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was Yahweh’s word.
• Jas 4:6But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Luke 10:21In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”
• Matt 11:25–26At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
• 2 Cor 4:7–12But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.
• 1 Cor 1:26–31For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

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