James 4:10

New American Bible - revised edition

Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

Cross References

Psalm 147:6

The Lord gives aid to the poor, but casts the wicked to the ground.

Matthew 23:12

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

1 Peter 5:6

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

Luke 14:11

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

Job 22:29

For when they are brought low, you will say, “It is pride!” But downcast eyes he saves.

Psalm 113:7

He raises the needy from the dust, lifts the poor from the ash heap,

Luke 1:52

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

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.

Psalm 27:6

Even now my head is held high above my enemies on every side! I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and chant praise to the Lord.

Psalm 30:1

A psalm. A song for the dedication of the Temple. Of David.

1 Samuel 2:9

He guards the footsteps of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall perish in the darkness; for not by strength does one prevail.

Psalm 28:9

Save your people, bless your inheritance; pasture and carry them forever!

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.

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord makes poor and makes rich, humbles, and also exalts.

2 Chronicles 7:14

if then my people, upon whom my name has been pronounced, humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their evil ways, I will hear them from heaven and pardon their sins and heal their land.

Job 5:11

He sets up the lowly on high, and those who mourn are raised to safety.

Proverbs 29:23

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

Ezekiel 21:26

For the king of Babylon is standing at the fork of the two roads to read the omens: he shakes out the arrows, inquires of the teraphim, inspects the liver.