1 Peter 5:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;

Cross References

1 Kings 21:29

Do you see how Ahab has made himself low before me? because he has made himself low before me, I will not send the evil in his life-time, but in his son's time I will send the evil on his family.

2 Kings 22:19

Because your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before me, when you had word of what I said against this place and its people, that they would become a waste and a curse, and you gave signs of grief, weeping before me: truly, I have given ear to you, says the Lord.

2 Chronicles 12:12

And when he made himself low, the wrath of the Lord was turned back from him, and complete destruction did not come on him, for there was still some good in Judah.

2 Chronicles 30:11

However, some of Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun put away their pride and came to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 32:26

But then, Hezekiah, in sorrow for what he had done, put away his pride; and he and all Jerusalem made themselves low, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come on them in Hezekiah's life-time.

2 Chronicles 33:12

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

2 Chronicles 33:19

And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.

2 Chronicles 33:23

He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.

2 Chronicles 36:12

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did not make himself low before Jeremiah the prophet who gave him the word of the Lord.

Job 36:22

Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?

Psalm 75:10

By him will all the horns of the sinners be cut off; but the horns of the upright will be lifted up.

Psalm 89:13

Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.

Exodus 10:3

Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.

Exodus 3:19

And I am certain that the king of Egypt will not let you go without being forced.

Exodus 32:11

But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?

Proverbs 29:23

A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

Isaiah 2:11

The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

Isaiah 40:4

Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,

Isaiah 57:15

For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

Jeremiah 13:18

Say to the king and to the queen-mother, Make yourselves low, be seated on the earth: for the crown of your glory has come down from your heads.

Jeremiah 44:10

Even to this day their hearts are not broken, and they have no fear, and have not gone in the way of my law or of my rules which I gave to you and to your fathers.

Ezekiel 17:21

All his best fighting-men will be put to the sword, and the rest will be sent away to every wind: and you will be certain that I the Lord have said it.

Ezekiel 21:6

Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.

Daniel 5:22

And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this;

Leviticus 26:41

So that I went against them and sent them away into the land of their haters: if then the pride of their hearts is broken and they take the punishment of their sins,

Micah 6:8

He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.

Matthew 23:12

And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

Luke 1:52

He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree.

Luke 14:11

For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

Luke 18:14

I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

Romans 5:6

For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?

Deuteronomy 32:35

Punishment is mine and reward, at the time of the slipping of their feet: for the day of their downfall is near, sudden will be their fate.

1 Timothy 2:6

Who gave himself as an offering for all; witness of which was to be given at the right time;

Titus 1:3

Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;

James 4:10

Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.

James 4:7

For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

James 5:10

Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.