Isaiah 2:9

American Standard Version (1901)

And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.

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  • Isa 5:15 : 15 And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:
  • Ps 49:2 : 2 Both low and high, Rich and poor together.
  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.
  • Josh 24:19 : 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.
  • Neh 4:5 : 5 and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
  • Isa 57:9 : 9 And thou wentest to the king with oil, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God: 5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
  • Jer 18:23 : 23 Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.
  • Mark 3:29 : 29 but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin:
  • Rom 3:23 : 23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
  • Col 2:18 : 18 Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
  • Col 2:23 : 23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; [but are] not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
  • Rev 6:15-17 : 15 And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains; [ 16 and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?

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  • 15And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:

  • Isa 2:10-12
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    10Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.

    11The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

    12For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

  • 17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

  • 8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

  • 23A man's pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

  • Ps 10:10-13
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    10He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

    11He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.

    12Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.

    13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it] ?

  • 12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

  • 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

  • 6Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

  • Job 40:11-13
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    70%

    11Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

    12Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.

    13Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place] .

  • 11For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  • 6That humbleth himself to behold [The things that are] in heaven and in the earth?

  • 50and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them

  • 23Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.

  • 10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.

  • 34Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly.

  • 4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them] .

  • 11Then shall he sweep by [as] a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty, [even] he whose might is his god.

  • 13God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.

  • 12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor [goeth] humility.

  • 26(Ommitted)

  • 29When they cast [thee] down, thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; And the humble person he will save.

  • 19That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.

  • 6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

  • 46If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near;

  • 9But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:

  • 16Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay [them] .

  • 15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  • 6For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.

  • Neh 9:16-17
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    16But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

    17and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

  • 4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.

  • 17Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • 5Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with a stiff neck.

  • 36If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near; [

  • 9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

  • 6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore [the scripture] saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

  • 5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

  • 10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.

  • 6Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:

  • 7they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the [same] maiden, to profane my holy name:

  • 14I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  • 2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.