1 Peter 5:6

New American Bible - revised edition

So humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:29

Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his time. I will bring the evil upon his house in his son’s time.

2 Kings 22:19

because you were heartsick and have humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken concerning this place and its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse; and because you tore your garments and wept before me, I in turn have heard, oracle of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 12:12

Because he had humbled himself, the anger of the Lord turned from him so as not to destroy him completely; in Judah, moreover, there was some good.

2 Chronicles 30:11

Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 32:26

But then Hezekiah humbled himself for his pride—both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and therefore the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them during the time of Hezekiah.

2 Chronicles 33:12

In his distress, he began to appease the Lord, his God. He humbled himself abjectly before the God of his ancestors,

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer and how his supplication was heard, all his sins and his treachery, the sites where he built high places and set up asherahs and carved images before he humbled himself, all this is recorded in the chronicles of his seers.

2 Chronicles 33:23

Moreover, he did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; on the contrary, Amon only increased his guilt.

2 Chronicles 36:12

He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, his God, and he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the Lord.

Job 36:22

Look, God is exalted in his power. What teacher is there like him?

Psalm 75:10

But I will rejoice forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,

Psalm 89:13

Zaphon and Amanus you created; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

Exodus 10:3

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: How long will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go to serve me.

Exodus 3:19

Yet I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless his hand is forced.

Exodus 32:11

But Moses implored the Lord, his God, saying, “Why, O Lord, should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?

Proverbs 29:23

Haughtiness brings humiliation, but the humble of spirit acquire honor.

Isaiah 2:11

The eyes of human pride shall be lowered, the arrogance of mortals shall be abased, and the Lord alone will be exalted, on that day.

Isaiah 40:4

Every valley shall be lifted up, every mountain and hill made low; The rugged land shall be a plain, the rough country, a broad valley.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty One, the One who dwells forever, whose name is holy: I dwell in a high and holy place, but also with the contrite and lowly of spirit, To revive the spirit of the lowly, to revive the heart of the crushed.

Jeremiah 13:18

Say to the king and to the queen mother: come down from your throne; From your heads your splendid crowns will fall.

Jeremiah 44:10

To this day they have not been crushed down, nor have they shown fear. They have not followed my law and my statutes that I set before you and your ancestors.

Ezekiel 17:21

Any among his forces who escape will fall by the sword, And whoever might survive will be scattered to the winds. Thus you will know that I the Lord have spoken.

Ezekiel 21:6

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

Daniel 5:22

You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this;

Leviticus 26:41

so that I, too, had to be hostile to them and bring them into their enemies’ land. Then, when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,

Micah 6:8

You have been told, O mortal, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you: Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God.

Matthew 23:12

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Luke 1:52

He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly.

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 18:14

I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Saying on Children and the Kingdom.

Romans 5:6

For Christ, while we were still helpless, yet died at the appointed time for the ungodly.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or are we provoking the Lord to jealous anger? Are we stronger than he? Seek the Good of Others.

Deuteronomy 32:35

Vengeance is mine and recompense, for the time they lose their footing; Because the day of their disaster is at hand and their doom is rushing upon them!

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave himself as ransom for all. This was the testimony at the proper time.

Titus 1:3

who indeed at the proper time revealed his word in the proclamation with which I was entrusted by the command of God our savior,

James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

James 4:7

So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 5:10

Take as an example of hardship and patience, brothers, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.