Luke 18:14

Free Bible Version

I tell you, it was this man who went home right in God's sight and not the other. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, while those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Cross References

Job 22:29

When others are humbled, and you say, ‘please help them,’ God will save them.

Job 25:4

How can a human being be right before God? Can anyone born of woman be pure?

Job 9:20

Even though I am right, my own mouth would condemn me; even though I am innocent, he would prove me wrong.

Psalm 138:6

Though the Lord is high above, he pays attention to the lowly; but he recognizes the proud a long way off.

Psalm 143:2

Please don't place me, your servant, on trial, because nobody is innocent in your sight.

Exodus 18:11

This is so convincing to me that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he saved the people from the Egyptians when they acted so arrogantly towards the Israelites.”

Proverbs 15:33

Respect for the Lord teaches wisdom; humility goes before honor.

Proverbs 18:12

Pride leads to destruction; humility goes before honor.

Proverbs 25:7

for it's better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be humiliated before a nobleman. Even though you've seen something with your own eyes,

Proverbs 29:23

If you're proud, you'll be humiliated; but if you're humble, you'll be honored.

Proverbs 3:34

He mocks those who mock, but he is kind to the humble.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

So go ahead and eat your food, and enjoy it. Drink your wine with a happy heart. That's what God intends that you should do.

Isaiah 45:25

But in the Lord all the descendants of Israel will be made right, and they will glory in him.

Isaiah 53:11

After his suffering, he will see the results and be satisfied. Through his knowledge my servant who does what is right will set many right, and he will bear their sins.

Isaiah 57:15

This is what the one who is high above all says, he who lives in eternity, whose name is holy: I live in a high and holy place, together with those who repent and who act humbly, restoring their spirits and encouraging them.

Isaiah 66:2

I made everything; that's how it all came into existence, says the Lord. Those I look favorably on are humble and repentant, and they tremble when I speak.

Daniel 4:37

So now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, honor, and glorify the King of Heaven, for everything he does is right, and his ways are true. He is able to humble those who are proud.

Habakkuk 2:4

Look at those who are proud! They do not live right. But those who live right do so through their trust in God.

Matthew 23:12

Those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great.

Matthew 5:3

“Blessed are those who recognize they are spiritually poor, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Luke 1:52

He tears the powerful down from their thrones, and elevates those who are humble.

Luke 10:29

But the man wanted to vindicate himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 14:11

For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Luke 16:15

But Jesus told them, “You appear pious to people, but God knows what you're thinking. What people value highly is detested by God.

Romans 3:20

For no one is made right before God by doing what the law requires. The law only helps us recognize what sin really is.

Romans 4:5

But God, who makes sinners right, considers them as right not because they've worked for it but because they trust in him. This is why

Romans 5:1

Now that we have been made right by God by trusting in him, we have peace with him through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 8:33

Who can accuse God's special people of anything? It's God who sets us right,

Galatians 2:16

but we know that nobody is made right by doing what the law demands—it is only through trusting in Jesus Christ. We have trusted in Christ Jesus so that we could be made right by placing our confidence in Christ, and not through doing what the law says—because nobody is made right by observing the requirements of the law.”

James 4:10

Be humble before the Lord and he will lift you up.

James 4:6

But God gives us even more grace, as Scripture says: “God is against those who are arrogant, but gives grace to those who are humble.”

1 Samuel 1:18

“Thank you for your kindness to your servant,” she said. Then she went on her way, had something to eat, and she didn't look sad any more.