Luke 14:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:28

You deliver a humble people, but your eyes are upon the haughty to bring them down.

Esther 6:10

Then the king said to Haman, “Quickly, take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king’s gate. Leave out nothing that you have mentioned.”

Job 22:29

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

Psalm 138:6

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

Psalm 18:27

For you deliver a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility goes before honor.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction one’s heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey or to seek honor on top of honor.

Proverbs 29:23

A person’s pride will bring humiliation, but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.

Isaiah 2:11

The haughty eyes of people shall be brought low, and the pride of everyone shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

Isaiah 2:17

The haughtiness of people shall be humbled, and the pride of everyone shall be brought low, and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

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.

Matthew 23:12

All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be exalted.

Luke 1:51

He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Luke 1:52

He has brought down the powerful from their thrones and lifted up the lowly;

Luke 14:12

He said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers and sisters or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other, for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”

James 1:9

Let the brother or sister of humble means boast in having a high position

James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt 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 5:5

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.”

1 Peter 5:6

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time.

1 Samuel 15:17

Samuel said, “Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.