Job 22:29; Proverbs 15:33, 16:18-19, 29:23, Matthew 18:4, 23:12; Luke 1:51-52, 14:11, 18:14
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
Christ commends humility and He condemns pride.
1 Peter 5:5-6
God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
The proud can never ascend high enough nor the humble ever bow low enough.
James 4:6-7
But [God] gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Humility is confidence in God. Pride is confidence in self.
Pride produces despair. Humility produces relief.
James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
The proud ascend but for a moment and thereafter it is only ever downhill; the humble descend but for a moment before they are raised up higher than man can reach.
Psalm 145:14
The LORD upholds all who are falling
and raises up all who are bowed down.
The fallen will be raised up if they bow, but felled if they won't.
Psalm 146:8
The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down.
Bowing down with your body is like tippy toeing with your soul.
“We become taller when we bow.” ― G.K. Chesterton
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