Luke 14:11

New International Version

For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:28

You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

Esther 6:10

“Go at once,” the king commanded Haman. “Get the robe and the horse and do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything you have recommended.”

Job 22:29

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

Psalm 138:6

Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar.

Psalm 18:27

You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

Proverbs 15:33

Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord, and humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 18:12

Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.

Proverbs 29:23

Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.

Isaiah 2:11

The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled and human pride brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 2:17

The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,

Isaiah 57:15

For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Matthew 23:12

For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

Luke 1:51

He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.

Luke 1:52

He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.

Luke 14:12

Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid.

Luke 18:14

“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

James 1:9

Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.

James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

James 4:6

But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”

1 Peter 5:6

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

1 Samuel 15:17

Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.