James 4:6

Good News Translation (US Version)

But the grace that God gives is even stronger. As the scripture says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Cross References

Matthew 23:12

Whoever makes himself great will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be made great.

Proverbs 3:34

He has no use for conceited people, but shows favor to those who are humble.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way you younger people must submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you must put on the apron of humility, to serve one another; for the scripture says, “God resists the proud, but shows favor to the humble.”

Proverbs 18:12

No one is respected unless he is humble; arrogant people are on the way to ruin.

Psalm 138:6

Even though you are so high above, you care for the lowly, and the proud cannot hide from you.

Proverbs 29:23

Arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.

Proverbs 22:4

Obey the Lord, be humble, and you will get riches, honor, and a long life.

Luke 14:11

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

Isaiah 2:17

Human pride will be ended, and human arrogance will be destroyed. Idols will completely disappear, and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

Job 22:29

God brings down the proud and saves the humble.

Luke 18:14

I tell you,” said Jesus, “the tax collector, and not the Pharisee, was in the right with God when he went home. For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great.”

Daniel 4:37

“And now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, honor, and glorify the King of Heaven. Everything he does is right and just, and he can humble anyone who acts proudly.”

Isaiah 57:15

“I am the high and holy God, who lives forever. I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and repentant, so that I can restore their confidence and hope.

Luke 1:52

He has brought down mighty kings from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly.

Proverbs 15:33

Reverence for the Lord is an education in itself. You must be humble before you can ever receive honors.

2 Chronicles 33:12

In his suffering he became humble, turned to the Lord his God, and begged him for help.

1 Samuel 2:3

Stop your loud boasting; silence your proud words. For the Lord is a God who knows, and he judges all that people do.

2 Chronicles 34:27

and you repented and humbled yourself before me, tearing your clothes and weeping, when you heard how I threatened to punish Jerusalem and its people. I have heard your prayer,

2 Chronicles 32:26

Finally, however, Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem humbled themselves, and so the Lord did not punish the people until after Hezekiah's death.

Matthew 13:12

For the person who has something will be given more, so that he will have more than enough; but the person who has nothing will have taken away from him even the little he has.

2 Chronicles 33:23

But unlike his father, he did not become humble and turn to the Lord; he was even more sinful than his father had been.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods, because he did this when the Egyptians treated the Israelites with such contempt.”

Isaiah 54:7

“For one brief moment I left you; with deep love I will take you back.

Psalm 9:12

God remembers those who suffer; he does not forget their cry, and he punishes those who wrong them.

2 Chronicles 33:19

The king's prayer and God's answer to it, and an account of the sins he committed before he repented—the evil he did, the pagan places of worship and the symbols of the goddess Asherah that he made and the idols that he worshiped—are all recorded in The History of the Prophets.

James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.