Psalm 131:1

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:22

I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your eyes; but by the maids of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor.”

Job 42:3

‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

Psalm 101:5

Him who slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. The man of haughty looks and arrogant heart I will not endure.

Psalm 122:1

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”

Psalm 124:1

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, let Israel now say—

Psalm 133:1

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!

Psalm 139:6

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it.

Proverbs 21:4

Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.

Jeremiah 17:16

I have not pressed thee to send evil, nor have I desired the day of disaster, thou knowest; that which came out of my lips was before thy face.

Jeremiah 45:5

And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not; for behold, I am bringing evil upon all flesh, says the Lord; but I will give you your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.”

Numbers 12:3

Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all men that were on the face of the earth.

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Acts 20:19

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which befell me through the plots of the Jews;

Romans 11:33

O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; never be conceited.

Deuteronomy 17:20

that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left; so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our behavior to you believers;

1 Samuel 16:13

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:18

One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skilful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence; and the Lord is with him.”

1 Samuel 16:22

And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for he has found favor in my sight.”

1 Samuel 17:15

but David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 18:23

And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, “Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man and of no repute?”