1 Peter 5:5

Modern English Version

Likewise you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. Yes, all of you be submissive one to another and clothe yourselves with humility, because “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:41

“Now rise up, O  Lord God, to Your resting place, both You and the ark of Your strength. And let Your priests, O  Lord God, be clothed in salvation and Your loyal ones rejoice in goodness.

Job 22:29

When men are cast down, and you say, ‘There is a time of exaltation!’ then He will save the humble person.

Job 29:14

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my judgment was like a robe and a diadem.

Psalm 132:16

Also her priests will I clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy.

Psalm 132:9

Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let Your saints shout for joy.

Psalm 138:6

Though the Lord is exalted, yet has He regard for the lowly, but the proud He knows from afar.

Proverbs 25:7

for it is better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be put lower in the presence of the prince. Whom your eyes have seen

Proverbs 3:34

Surely He scorns the scornful, but He gives grace to the humble.

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 and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Isaiah 66:2

For My hand made all those things, thus all those things have come to be, says the Lord. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at My word.

Ezekiel 26:16

Then all the officials of the sea shall come down from their thrones and lay away their robes and take off their embroidered garments. They shall clothe themselves with trembling. They shall sit on the ground and tremble every moment and be astonished at you.

Daniel 11:12

When he has taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands, but he shall not be strengthened by it.

Leviticus 19:32

You shall rise up before a gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and fear your God: I am the Lord.

Luke 22:26

But you are not so. Instead, let him who is greatest among you be as the younger, and he who rules as he who serves.

Romans 12:10

Be devoted to one another with brotherly love; prefer one another in honor,

Romans 13:14

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts.

Ephesians 5:21

being submissive to one another in the fear of God.

Philippians 2:3

Let nothing be done out of strife or conceit, but in humility let each esteem the other better than himself.

Colossians 3:12

So embrace, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, a spirit of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering.

1 Timothy 5:1

Do not rebuke an elder, but exhort him as a father, the younger men as brothers,

Hebrews 13:17

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. Let them do this with joy and not complaining, for that would not be profitable to you.

James 4:6

But He gives more grace. For this reason it says: “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, be all of one mind, compassionate, loving toward one another, gracious, and kind.

1 Peter 4:1

Therefore, since Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

1 Peter 4:5

They will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.