1 Peter 5:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders. And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:41

Now rise up, O Lord God, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. Let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your faithful rejoice in your goodness.

Job 22:29

When others are humiliated, you say it is pride, for he saves the humble.

Job 29:14

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

Psalm 132:16

Its priests I will clothe with salvation, and its faithful will shout for joy.

Psalm 132:9

Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your faithful shout for joy.

Psalm 138:6

For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he perceives from far away.

Proverbs 25:7

for it is better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be put lower in the presence of a noble. What your eyes have seen

Proverbs 3:34

Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he shows favor.

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 and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my whole being shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Isaiah 66:2

All these things my hand has made, so all these things are mine, says the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look, to the humble and contrite in spirit who trembles at my word.

Ezekiel 26:16

Then all the princes of the sea shall step down from their thrones; they shall remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They shall clothe themselves with trembling and shall sit on the ground; they shall tremble every moment and be appalled at you.

Daniel 11:12

When the multitude has been carried off, his heart shall be exalted, and he shall overthrow tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.

Leviticus 19:32

“You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Luke 22:26

But not so with you; rather, the greatest among you must become like the youngest and the leader like one who serves.

Romans 12:10

love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.

Romans 13:14

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

Ephesians 5:21

being subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.

Colossians 3:12

Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.

1 Timothy 5:1

Do not speak harshly to an older man, but speak to him as to a father, to younger men as brothers,

Hebrews 13:17

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with sighing, for that would be harmful to you.

James 4:6

But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

1 Peter 4:1

Since, therefore, Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same intention (for whoever has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin),

1 Peter 4:5

But they will have to give an accounting to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.