Psalm 131:1

Tree of Life Version

A Song of Ascents. Of David. Adonai, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes lofty, nor do I go after things too great or too difficult for me.

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:22

and will dishonor myself even more than this, and will be low in my own eyes. Yet in the eyes of the slave girls whom you mentioned, I will be honored.”

Job 42:3

You ask, ‘Who is this, who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke without understanding, things too wonderful for me which I did not know.

Psalm 101:5

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret —him I will silence. Who has haughty eyes and a proud heart —him I will not tolerate.

Psalm 122:1

A Song of Ascents. Of David. I rejoiced when they said to me, “Let us go to the House of Adonai.”

Psalm 124:1

A Song of Ascents. Of David. “Had Adonai not been on our side” —let Israel now say—

Psalm 133:1

A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!

Psalm 139:6

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

Proverbs 21:4

Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked is sin.

Jeremiah 17:16

As for me, I have not run away from being a shepherd after You, nor have I desired the woeful day. What came out of my lips You know—it was before You.

Jeremiah 45:5

But you, are you expecting great things for yourself? Seek no more! For I am about to bring calamity on all flesh”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“but I will grant you your soul as spoil in all places where you may go.”

Numbers 12:3

Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone on the face of the earth.

Matthew 11:29

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and ‘you will find rest for your souls.’

Acts 20:19

serving the Lord with all humility and tears and trials which fell upon me through the plots of the Jewish leaders.

Romans 11:33

O the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how incomprehensible His ways!

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another; do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own eyes.

Deuteronomy 17:20

Then his heart will not be exalted above his brothers, and he will not turn from the commandment to the right or to the left—so that he may prolong his days in his kingship, he and his sons, in the midst of Israel.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses, along with God, of how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we behaved toward you who believe.

1 Samuel 16:13

So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. From that day on Ruach Adonai came mightily upon David. Then Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:18

One of the young men answered and said, “I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite who is skillful in playing music. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, prudent in speech, a handsome man, and Adonai is with him.”

1 Samuel 16:22

Then Saul sent word to Jesse saying, “Let David now keep attending me, for he has found favor in my eyes.”

1 Samuel 17:15

Now David would go back and forth from Saul to tending his father’s sheep by Beth-lehem.

1 Samuel 18:23

So Saul’s courtiers whispered these words in David’s ears. But David said, “Is it a light thing to you becoming the king’s son-in-law, considering that I am a poor man and of little account?”