Matthew 23:12

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Matthew 23:10–13 · Berean Standard Bible

10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.

11 The greatest among you shall be your servant.

12 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

13 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

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“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:4

Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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Psalms 138:6

Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 16:18

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Proverbs 16:19

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Proverbs 29:23

A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

Luke 1:51

He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

Luke 1:52

He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

James 4:6

But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 5:5

Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”