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Proud or Humble - Luke 14
Proud or Humble - Luke 14
Upon seeing men seeking the seats of honor for themselves, Jesus said: “For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted” (Luke 14:11). Jesus repeats this in a different circumstance in Luke 18 (the Pharisee and the tax-collector). Then, concerning the pride of the Pharisees, Jesus again states: “Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.” (Matthew 23:12).
Such concept in fact has been stated many times in the Bible.
Psalms 18:27 27 For You save an afflicted people, But haughty eyes You abase.
Psalms 119:21 21 You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed, Who wander from Your commandments.
Psalms 138:6 6 For though the Lord is exalted, Yet He regards the lowly, But the haughty He knows from afar.
Proverbs 15:33 33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction for wisdom, And before honor comes humility.
Proverbs 18:12 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, But humility goes before honor.
Proverbs 29:23 23 A man's pride will bring him low, But a humble spirit will obtain honor.
Isaiah 2:11 11 The proud look of man will be abased And the loftiness of man will be humbled, And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 2:17 17 The pride of man will be humbled And the loftiness of men will be abased; And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,
Isaiah 57:15 15 For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, "I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite.
Ezekiel 21:26 26 thus says the Lord God, 'Remove the turban and take off the crown; this will no longer be the same. Exalt that which is low and abase that which is high.
Matthew 18:4 4 "Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
James 4:6 6 But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
James 4:10 10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
1 Peter 5:5-6 5 You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. 6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,
Jude 1:10 10 But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.
And finally, Paul wrote: “For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith” (Romans 12:3)
Hugh DeLong
[This list was taken from Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, note on Luke 14:11]
