Luke 18:14 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁴ I tell you, this man, rather than the other, went down to his home declared righteous. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ I 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his home justified (forgiven and made upright and in right standing with God), rather than the other man; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ I tell you, this person went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. All who lift themselves up will be brought low, and those who make themselves low will be lifted up.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ I say to you, this one descended to his house justified, but not the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled; and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

Luke 18:14 Cross References

Job 22:29

When people are brought low, and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the downcast.

Job 25:4

How then can a man be righteous with God? How can one born of a woman be pure?

Job 9:20

Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me. If I were guiltless, it will declare me perverse.

Psalm 138:6

For though Adonai is exalted, yet He looks upon the lowly, but the haughty He knows from afar.

Psalm 143:2

Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for in Your eyes no one living is righteous.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that Adonai is greater than all gods, since they had acted arrogantly against them.”

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of Adonai is the discipline of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 18:12

Before ruin a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 25:7

Better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than for you to be humiliated before a nobleman. What your eyes have seen,

Proverbs 29:23

A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will gain honor.

Proverbs 3:34

Though He scoffs at the scoffers, He gives grace to the humble.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go! Eat your bread with gladness and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted your deeds.

Isaiah 45:25

In Adonai all the seed of Israel will be justified and give praise.”

Isaiah 53:11

As a result of the anguish of His soul He will see it and be satisfied by His knowledge. The Righteous One, My Servant will make many righteous and He will bear their iniquities.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the High and Exalted One who inhabits eternity, whose Name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, yet also with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:2

For My hand has made all these things, so all these things came to be,” declares Adonai. “But on this one will I look, one humble and of a contrite spirit, who trembles at My word.”

Habakkuk 2:4

Behold, the puffed up one— his soul is not right within him, But the righteous will live by his trust.

Matthew 23:12

Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.

Matthew 5:3

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 1:52

He has brought down rulers from thrones and exalted humble ones.

Luke 10:29

But wanting to vindicate himself, he said to Yeshua, “Then who is my neighbor?”

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 16:15

But He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before the people, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable in God’s sight.”

Romans 3:20

For no human, on the basis of Torah observance, will be set right in His sight—for through the Torah comes awareness of sin.

Romans 4:5

But to the one who does not work, but trusts in Him who justifies the ungodly, his trust is credited as righteousness—

Romans 5:1

Therefore, having been made righteous by trusting, we have shalom with God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

Romans 8:33

Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

Galatians 2:16

Yet we know that a person is set right not by deeds based on Torah, but rather through putting trust in Messiah Yeshua. So even we have put our trust in Messiah Yeshua, in order that we might be set right based on trust in Messiah and not by deeds based on Torah—because no human will be justified by deeds based on Torah.

James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the sight of Adonai, and He shall lift you up.

James 4:6

But He gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Samuel 1:18

“May your maidservant find favor in your eyes,” she said. So the woman went her way; she ate, and her countenance was no longer dejected.