Bible Cross References
Because
Matthew 23:12
And whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted.
and his
Ezekiel 31:14
in order that none of the trees by the water should exalt themselves by reason of their size; whereas they set their top in the midst of the clouds, yet they continued not in their high state in their place, all that drank water, all were consigned to death, to the depth of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
Ezekiel 28:17
Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; your knowledge has been corrupted by your beauty: because of the multitude of your sins I have cast you to the ground, I have caused you to be put to open shame before kings.
2 Chronicles 25:19
You have said, Behold, I have defeated Edom, and your stout heart exalts you. Now stay at home; for why do you implicate yourself in mischief, that you should fall, and Judah with you?
2 Chronicles 32:25
But Hezekiah did not recompense the Lord according to the favor shown him, but his heart was lifted up. And wrath came upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Job 11:11
For He knows the works of transgressors, and when He sees wickedness, He will not overlook it.
Job 11:12
But man vainly buoys himself up with words, and a mortal born of woman is like a donkey in the desert.
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 18:12
Before ruin a man's heart is exalted, and before honor it is humble.
Isaiah 14:13-15
13
But you have said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will set my throne above the stars of heaven; I will sit on a lofty mount, on the lofty mountains toward the north;
14
I will go up above the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
15
But now you shall go down to hell, even to the foundations of the earth!
Daniel 4:30
the king answered and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power, for the honor of my glory?
Daniel 5:20
But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was emboldened to act proudly, he was deposed from his royal throne, and [his] honor was taken from him.
Obadiah 1:3
Behold, I have made you small among the Gentiles: you are greatly dishonored. The pride of your heart has elated you, dwelling [as you do] in the holes of the rocks, [as one that] exalts his habitation, saying in his heart, Who will bring me down to the ground?
James 4:6
But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."