Bible Cross References
Because
Matthew 23:12
And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
and his
Ezekiel 31:14
so that no trees by the waters may ever again exalt themselves for their height, nor set their tops among the thick boughs, that no tree which drinks water may ever be high enough to reach up to them. For they have all been delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, among the sons of men who go down to the Pit.
Ezekiel 28:17
Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. I have cast you to the ground, I have set you before kings, that they might observe you.
2 Chronicles 25:19
Behold, you say that you have struck the Edomites, and your heart is lifted up to boast. Stay at home now; why should you excite yourself to evil, that you should fall; you and Judah with you?
2 Chronicles 32:25
But Hezekiah did not return according to the favor shown him, for his heart had become haughty; therefore wrath was over him and over Judah and Jerusalem.
Job 11:11
For He knows the vanity of men; He sees wickedness also. Will He not then consider it?
Job 11:12
For an empty-headed man will be wise, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 18:12
Prior to shattering, the heart of man is haughty; and before honor is humility.
Isaiah 14:13-15
13
For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of the Mighty God; I will also sit on the mount of the appointed assembly, in the recesses of the north.
14
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
15
Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the Pit.
Daniel 4:30
The king spoke and said, Is this not great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?
Daniel 5:20
But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him.
Obadiah 1:3
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock; whose dwelling is high, saying in your heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
James 4:6
But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.