1 Peter 5:6

New English Translation

And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand

Cross References

1 Kings 21:29

“Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.”

2 Kings 22:19

‘You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.

2 Chronicles 12:12

So when Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; Judah experienced some good things.

2 Chronicles 30:11

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

2 Chronicles 32:26

But then Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem humbled themselves and abandoned their pride, and the Lord was not angry with them for the rest of Hezekiah’s reign.

2 Chronicles 33:12

In his pain Manasseh asked the Lord his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

2 Chronicles 33:19

The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer, give an account of how the Lord responded to it, record all his sins and unfaithful acts, and identify the sites where he built high places and erected Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself.

2 Chronicles 33:23

He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done. Amon was guilty of great sin.

2 Chronicles 36:12

He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, the Lord’s spokesman.

Job 36:22

Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?

Psalm 75:10

God says, “I will bring down all the power of the wicked; the godly will be victorious.”

Psalm 89:13

Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious.

Exodus 10:3

So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: ‘How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!

Exodus 3:19

But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, not even under force.

Exodus 32:11

But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

Proverbs 29:23

A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.

Isaiah 2:11

Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 40:4

Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.

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.

Jeremiah 13:18

The Lord told me, “Tell the king and the queen mother, ‘Surrender your thrones, for your glorious crowns will be removed from your heads.

Jeremiah 44:10

To this day your people have shown no contrition! They have not revered me nor followed the laws and statutes I commanded you and your ancestors.’

Ezekiel 17:21

All the choice men among his troops will die by the sword and the survivors will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken!

Ezekiel 21:6

“And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and bitterness; groan before their eyes.

Daniel 5:22

“But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this.

Leviticus 26:41

(and I myself will walk in hostility against them and bring them into the land of their enemies), and then their uncircumcised hearts become humbled and they make up for their iniquity,

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.

Matthew 23:12

And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Luke 1:52

He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;

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 that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Romans 5:6

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

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

Deuteronomy 32:35

I will get revenge and pay them back at the time their foot slips; for the day of their disaster is near, and the impending judgment is rushing upon them!”

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God’s purpose at his appointed time.

Titus 1:3

But now in his own time he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.

James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

James 4:7

So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

James 5:10

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name.