Psalms 18:27

American Standard Version (1901)

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 101:5 : 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
  • Prov 6:16-17 : 16 There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.
  • Isa 3:9 : 9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.
  • Isa 10:12 : 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 For all these things hath my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.
  • Luke 1:52-53 : 52 He hath put down princes from [their] thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree. 53 The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 I 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.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
  • 2 Sam 22:28 : 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
  • Ps 9:18 : 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it] . All his thoughts are, There is no God.
  • Ps 17:10 : 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
  • Ps 17:13 : 13 Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
  • Ps 34:6 : 6 This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
  • Ps 34:19 : 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
  • Ps 40:17 : 17 But I am poor and needy; [Yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.

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