Luke 18:14

New King James Version

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Cross References

Job 22:29

When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come!’ Then He will save the humble person.

Job 25:4

How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman?

Job 9:20

Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.

Psalm 138:6

Though the Lord is on high, Yet He regards the lowly; But the proud He knows from afar.

Psalm 143:2

Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no one living is righteous.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; for in the very thing in which they behaved proudly, He was above them.”

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom, And before honor is humility.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility.

Proverbs 25:7

For it is better that he say to you, “Come up here,” Than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom your eyes have seen.

Proverbs 29:23

A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.

Proverbs 3:34

Surely He scorns the scornful, But gives grace to the humble.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat your bread with joy, And drink your wine with a merry heart; For God has already accepted your works.

Isaiah 45:25

In the Lord all the descendants of Israel Shall be justified, and shall glory.’ ”

Isaiah 53:11

He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Isaiah 66:2

For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the Lord. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.

Habakkuk 2:4

“Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.

Matthew 23:12

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

Matthew 5:3

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 1:52

He has put down the mighty from their thrones, And exalted the lowly.

Luke 10:29

But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 14:11

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 16:15

And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Romans 3:20

Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Romans 4:5

But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,

Romans 5:1

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Romans 8:33

Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

Galatians 2:16

knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

James 4:6

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”

1 Samuel 1:18

And she said, “Let your maidservant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.