Luke 18:14

New Century Version

I tell you, when this man went home, he was right with God, but the Pharisee was not. All who make themselves great will be made humble, but all who make themselves humble will be made great.”

Cross References

Job 22:29

When people are made humble and you say, ‘Have courage,’ then the humble will be saved.

Job 25:4

So no one can be good in the presence of God, and no one born to a woman can be pure.

Job 9:20

Even if I were right, my own mouth would say I was wrong; if I were innocent, my mouth would say I was guilty.

Psalm 138:6

Though the Lord is supreme, he takes care of those who are humble, but he stays away from the proud.

Psalm 143:2

Don’t judge me, your servant, because no one alive is right before you.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know the Lord is greater than all gods, because he did this to those who looked down on Israel.”

Proverbs 15:33

Respect for the Lord will teach you wisdom. If you want to be honored, you must be humble.

Proverbs 18:12

Proud people will be ruined, but the humble will be honored.

Proverbs 25:7

It is better for him to give you a higher position than to bring you down in front of the prince. Because of something you have seen,

Proverbs 29:23

Pride will ruin people, but those who are humble will be honored.

Proverbs 3:34

The Lord laughs at those who laugh at him, but he gives grace to those who are not proud.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

So go eat your food and enjoy it; drink your wine and be happy, because that is what God wants you to do.

Isaiah 45:25

But with the Lord’s help, the people of Israel will be found to be good, and they will praise him.

Isaiah 53:11

“After his soul suffers many things, he will see life and be satisfied. My good servant will make many people right with God; he will carry away their sins.

Isaiah 57:15

And this is the reason: God lives forever and is holy. He is high and lifted up. He says, “I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are sad and humble. I give new life to those who are humble and to those whose hearts are broken.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all things. All things are here because I made them,” says the Lord. “These are the people I am pleased with: those who are not proud or stubborn and who fear my word.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give praise and honor and glory to the King of heaven. Everything he does is right and fair, and he is able to make proud people humble.

Habakkuk 2:4

The evil nation is very proud of itself; it is not living as it should. But those who are right with God will live by faith.

Matthew 23:12

Whoever makes himself great will be made humble. Whoever makes himself humble will be made great.

Matthew 5:3

“They are blessed who realize their spiritual poverty, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Luke 1:52

He has brought down rulers from their thrones and raised up the humble.

Luke 10:29

But the man, wanting to show the importance of his question, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 14:11

All who make themselves great will be made humble, but those who make themselves humble will be made great.”

Luke 16:15

He said to them, “You make yourselves look good in front of people, but God knows what is really in your hearts. What is important to people is hateful in God’s sight.

Romans 3:20

because no one can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin.

Romans 4:5

But people cannot do any work that will make them right with God. So they must trust in him, who makes even evil people right in his sight. Then God accepts their faith, and that makes them right with him.

Romans 5:1

Since we have been made right with God by our faith, we have peace with God. This happened through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Romans 8:33

Who can accuse the people God has chosen? No one, because God is the One who makes them right.

Galatians 2:16

Yet we know that a person is made right with God not by following the law, but by trusting in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus, that we might be made right with God because we trusted in Christ. It is not because we followed the law, because no one can be made right with God by following the law.

James 4:10

Humble yourself in the Lord’s presence, and he will honor you.

James 4:6

But God gives us even more grace, as the Scripture says, “God is against the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

1 Samuel 1:18

Hannah said, “May I always please you.” When she left and ate something, she was not sad anymore.