No one is respected unless he is humble; arrogant people are on the way to ruin.

But Hezekiah was too proud to show gratitude for what the LORD had done for him, and Judah and Jerusalem suffered for it.

Finally, however, Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem humbled themselves, and so the LORD did not punish the people until after Hezekiah's death.

Although the LORD warned Manasseh and his people, they refused to listen.

In his suffering he became humble, turned to the LORD his God, and begged him for help.

God brings down the proud and saves the humble.

Yes, look at them and bring them down; crush the wicked where they stand.

A day is coming when human pride will be ended and human arrogance destroyed. Then the LORD alone will be exalted.

On that day the LORD Almighty will humble everyone who is powerful, everyone who is proud and conceited.

he said, "Look how great Babylon is! I built it as my capital city to display my power and might, my glory and majesty."

You will be driven away from human society, live with wild animals, and eat grass like an ox for seven years. Then you will acknowledge that the Supreme God has power over human kingdoms and that he can give them to anyone he chooses."

"When the seven years had passed," said the king, "I looked up at the sky, and my sanity returned. I praised the Supreme God and gave honor and glory to the one who lives forever. "He will rule forever, and his kingdom will last for all time.

"When my sanity returned, my honor, my majesty, and the glory of my kingdom were given back to me. My officials and my noblemen welcomed me, and I was given back my royal power with even greater honor than before.

But because he became proud, stubborn, and cruel, he was removed from his royal throne and lost his place of honor.

He was driven away from human society, and his mind became like that of an animal. He lived with wild donkeys, ate grass like an ox, and slept in the open air with nothing to protect him from the dew. Finally he admitted that the Supreme God controls all human kingdoms and can give them to anyone he chooses.

For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."

I tell you," said Jesus, "the tax collector, and not the Pharisee, was in the right with God when he went home. For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."

At once the angel of the Lord struck Herod down, because he did not give honor to God. He was eaten by worms and died.

But the grace that God gives is even stronger. As the scripture says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Purify your hearts, you hypocrites!

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

In the same way you younger people must submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you must put on the apron of humility, to serve one another; for the scripture says, "God resists the proud, but shows favor to the humble."

Reverence for the LORD is an education in itself. You must be humble before you can ever receive honors.

Remember how the LORD your God led you on this long journey through the desert these past forty years, sending hardships to test you, so that he might know what you intended to do and whether you would obey his commands.

He made you go hungry, and then he gave you manna to eat, food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did this to teach you that you must not depend on bread alone to sustain you, but on everything that the LORD says.

In the desert he gave you manna to eat, food that your ancestors had never eaten. He sent hardships on you to test you, so that in the end he could bless you with good things.

"I am the high and holy God, who lives forever. I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and repentant, so that I can restore their confidence and hope.

I myself created the whole universe! I am pleased with those who are humble and repentant, who fear me and obey me.

"Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!

The greatest in the Kingdom of heaven is the one who humbles himself and becomes like this child.

Whoever makes himself great will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be made great.