Luke 14:11

Modern English Version

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:28

You deliver a humble people; but Your eyes are upon the exalted to bring them down.

Esther 6:10

Then the king said to Haman, “Quickly take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do so for Mordecai, the Jew sitting at the king’s gate. Of everything you have spoken, do not fall short of any of it.”

Job 22:29

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

Psalm 138:6

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

Psalm 18:27

For You will save the humble people, but will bring down haughty eyes.

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor comes humility.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to seek their own glory is not glorious.

Proverbs 29:23

The pride of man will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will attain honor.

Isaiah 2:11

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 2:17

The loftiness of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day;

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.

Matthew 23:12

For he who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Luke 1:51

He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Luke 1:52

He has pulled down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of low degree.

Luke 14:12

Then He said also to the one who invited Him, “When you prepare a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or your rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid.

Luke 18:14

“I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

James 1:9

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted,

James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

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 5:5

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.”

1 Peter 5:6

Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.

1 Samuel 15:17

Samuel said, “When you were little in your own sight, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed you king over Israel?