Psalm 119:21

Easy To Read Version

Lord, you criticize proud people.\par Bad things will happen to them.\par They refuse to obey your commands.\par

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:16

But those people, our ancestors, {\cf2\super [52]} \par became proud.\par They became stubborn.\par They refused to obey your commands.\par

Nehemiah 9:29

You warned them.\par You told them to come back.\par But they were too proud.\par They refused to listen to your commands.\par If people obey your laws,\par then they will truly live!\par But our ancestors {\cf2\super [57]} broke your laws.\par They were stubborn.\par They turned their backs on you.\par They refused to listen.\par

Psalm 119:10

I try to serve God with all my heart.\par God, help me obey your commands.\par

Psalm 119:110

Wicked people try to trap me.\par But I have not disobeyed your commands.\par

Psalm 119:118

Lord, you turn away every person\par who breaks your laws.\par Why? Because those people lied\par when they agreed to follow you.\par

Psalm 119:78

People who think they are better than me\par lied about me.\par I hope those people are ashamed.\par Lord, I study your laws.\par

Psalm 138:6

God is very important,\par but he still cares for humble people.\par God knows what proud people do,\par but he stays far away from them.\par

Exodus 10:3

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh. They told him, “The Lord, the God of the Hebrew people, says, ‘How long will you refuse to obey me? Let my people go to worship me!

Exodus 18:11

Now I know the Lord is greater than all the gods. They thought they were in control, but look what God did!

Isaiah 10:12

My Master will finish doing the things he planned to Jerusalem and Mount Zion. {\cf2\super [116]} Then the Lord will punish Assyria. {\cf2\super [117]} The king of Assyria is very proud. His pride made him do many bad things. So God will punish him.

Isaiah 42:24

Who let people take the wealth from Jacob and Israel? The Lord allowed them to do this! We sinned against the Lord. So the Lord allowed people to take away our wealth. The people of Israel did not want to live the way the Lord wanted. The people of Israel did not listen to his teaching.

Isaiah 43:28

I will make your holy rulers not holy. I will cause Jacob to be completely mine. {\cf2\super [390]} Bad things will happen to Israel.”

Jeremiah 44:16

“We will not listen to the message from the Lord that you spoke to us.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give praise, honor, and glory to the King of Heaven. Everything he does is right. He is always fair. And he is able to make proud people humble!

Malachi 4:1

“That time of judgment is coming. It will be like a hot furnace. All those proud people will be punished. All those evil people will burn like straw. At that time, they will be like a bush burning in the fire—and there will not be a branch or root left.” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Luke 14:11

Every person that makes himself important will be made humble. But the person that makes himself humble will be made important.”

Luke 18:14

I tell you, when this man finished his prayer and went home, he was right with God. But the Pharisee, {\cf2\super [289]} who felt that he was better than other people, was not right with God. Every person that makes himself important will be made humble. But the person that makes himself humble will be made important.”

Galatians 3:13

The law put a curse on us. But Christ took away that curse. He changed places with us. Christ put himself under that curse. The Scriptures say, “When a person’s body is put (hung) on a tree, {\cf2\super [32]} that person is under a curse.” {\cf2\super [33]}

Deuteronomy 28:15

“But if you don’t listen to things the Lord your God tells you—if you don’t obey all his commands and laws that I tell you today—then all these bad things will happen to you:

Deuteronomy 30:19

“Today I am giving you a choice of two ways. And I ask heaven and earth to be witnesses of your choice. You can choose life or death. The first choice will bring a blessing. The other choice will bring a curse. So choose life! Then you and your children will live.

James 4:6

But the grace (kindness) that God gives is greater. Like the Scripture says, “God is against proud people, but he gives grace (kindness) to people who are humble.” {\cf2\super [22]}

1 Peter 5:5

Young men, I have something to say to you, too. You should accept the authority of the elders. {\cf2\super [32]} All of you should be very humble with each other.