James 4:6

A Conservative Version

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly.

Cross References

Matthew 23:12

And he who will exalt himself will be made low, and he who will make himself low will be exalted.

Proverbs 3:34

Surely the Lord is opposed to the arrogant (LXX/NT), but he gives grace to the lowly.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise younger men should be subordinate to the elder men. And all being subordinate to each other, clothe yourselves with humility, because God sets himself against the haughty, but gives grace to the lowly.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor [is] humility.

Psalm 138:6

For though LORD is high, yet he has respect to the lowly. But he knows the haughty from afar.

Proverbs 29:23

A man's pride shall bring him low, but he who is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

Proverbs 22:4

The reward of humility [and] the fear of LORD [is] riches and honor and life.

Luke 14:11

Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

Isaiah 2:17

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Job 22:29

When they cast [thee] down, thou shall say, [There is] lifting up, and he will save the humble man.

Luke 18:14

I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are truth, and his ways justice. And he is able to abase those who walk in pride.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart o

Luke 1:52

He brought down potentates from thrones, and raised up lowly men.

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor [is] humility.

2 Chronicles 33:12

And when he was in distress, he besought LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

1 Samuel 2:3

Talk no more so very proudly. Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth, for LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

2 Chronicles 34:27

because thy heart was tender, and thou humbled thyself before God when thou heard his words against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, and have humbled thyself before me, and have torn thy clothes, and wept before me, I

2 Chronicles 32:26

Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of LORD did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

Matthew 13:12

For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.

2 Chronicles 33:23

And he did not humble himself before LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but this same Amon trespassed more and more.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that LORD is greater than all gods, yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.

Isaiah 54:7

For a small moment I have forsaken thee, but with great mercies I will gather thee.

Psalm 9:12

For he who makes inquiry for blood remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the poor.

2 Chronicles 33:19

Also his prayer, and how [God] was entreated by him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written

James 4:10

Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.