1 Peter 5:5

New English Translation

In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:41

Now ascend, O Lord God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! May your priests, O Lord God, experience your deliverance! May your loyal followers rejoice in the prosperity you give!

Job 22:29

When people are brought low and you say ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast;

Job 29:14

I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;

Psalm 132:16

I will protect her priests, and her godly people will shout exuberantly.

Psalm 132:9

May your priests be clothed with integrity! May your loyal followers shout for joy!

Psalm 138:6

Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly, and recognizes the proud from far away.

Proverbs 25:7

for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.

Proverbs 3:34

Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.

Isaiah 57:15

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

Ezekiel 26:16

All the princes of the sea will vacate their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you.

Daniel 11:12

When the army is taken away, the king of the south will become arrogant. He will be responsible for the death of thousands and thousands of people, but he will not continue to prevail.

Leviticus 19:32

You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord.

Luke 22:26

Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.

Romans 12:10

Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.

Romans 13:14

Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.

Ephesians 5:21

and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Philippians 2:3

Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.

Colossians 3:12

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

1 Timothy 5:1

Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers,

Hebrews 13:17

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

James 4:6

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.

1 Peter 4:1

So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,

1 Peter 4:5

They will face a reckoning before Jesus Christ who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.