Luke 18:14

New Living Translation

I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Cross References

Job 22:29

If people are in trouble and you say, ‘Help them,’ God will save them.

Job 25:4

How can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone born of a woman be pure?

Job 9:20

Though I am innocent, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty. Though I am blameless, it would prove me wicked.

Psalm 138:6

Though the Lord is great, he cares for the humble, but he keeps his distance from the proud.

Psalm 143:2

Don’t put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you.

Exodus 18:11

I know now that the Lord is greater than all other gods, because he rescued his people from the oppression of the proud Egyptians.”

Proverbs 15:33

Fear of the Lord teaches wisdom; humility precedes honor.

Proverbs 18:12

Haughtiness goes before destruction; humility precedes honor.

Proverbs 25:7

It’s better to wait for an invitation to the head table than to be sent away in public disgrace. Just because you’ve seen something,

Proverbs 29:23

Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor.

Proverbs 3:34

The Lord mocks the mockers but is gracious to the humble.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

So go ahead. Eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, for God approves of this!

Isaiah 45:25

In the Lord all the generations of Israel will be justified, and in him they will boast.

Isaiah 53:11

When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins.

Isaiah 57:15

The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.

Isaiah 66:2

My hands have made both heaven and earth; they and everything in them are mine. I, the Lord, have spoken! “I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at my word.

Daniel 4:37

“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”

Habakkuk 2:4

“Look at the proud! They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked. But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.

Matthew 23:12

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

Matthew 5:3

“God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

Luke 1:52

He has brought down princes from their thrones and exalted the humble.

Luke 10:29

The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 14:11

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

Luke 16:15

Then he said to them, “You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows your hearts. What this world honors is detestable in the sight of God.

Romans 3:20

For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.

Romans 4:5

But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.

Romans 5:1

Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.

Romans 8:33

Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself.

Galatians 2:16

Yet we know that a person is made right with God by faith in Jesus Christ, not by obeying the law. And we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be made right with God because of our faith in Christ, not because we have obeyed the law. For no one will ever be made right with God by obeying the law.”

James 4:10

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

James 4:6

And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Samuel 1:18

“Oh, thank you, sir!” she exclaimed. Then she went back and began to eat again, and she was no longer sad.