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.

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• Jer 30:18Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
• Amos 9:11In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
• Ps 55:12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
• Ps 35:26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
• Rom 3:27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
• Luke 1:51–53He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
• Isa 2:11–17The 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.
• John 7:47–49Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
• Zech 4:6Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Ps 38:16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
• Job 19:5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
• Isa 23:9The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
• Jer 9:23–24Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
• 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?
• Zech 11:11And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
• Jas 4:6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
• Luke 10:21In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
• Matt 11:25–26At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
• 2 Cor 4:7–12But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
• 1 Cor 1:26–31For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

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