Psalms 147:6

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The LORD lifts up the humble; He brings the wicked down to the ground.

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  • Ps 146:8-9 : 8 The LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous. 9 The LORD protects the sojourners; he sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the way of the wicked.
  • Ps 149:4 : 4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation.
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land who follow His commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord's anger.
  • Matt 5:5 : 5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
  • 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 Instead, it should be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
  • 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time.
  • 2 Pet 2:4-9 : 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned but cast them into hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment, 5 and if He did not spare the ancient world but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, along with seven others when He brought the flood on the ungodly world, 6 and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly, 7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless, 8 (For that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.) 9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 'He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap to sit with nobles and inherit a seat of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; upon them He has set the world.'
  • Ps 25:9 : 9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches the humble his way.
  • Ps 37:11 : 11 But the humble will inherit the land and delight in abundant peace.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
  • Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely, You place them on slippery ground; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
  • Ps 145:14 : 14 The LORD supports all who fall and raises up all who are bowed down.

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    15So humanity will be humbled, and people will be brought low; even the eyes of the arrogant will be humbled.

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    14The LORD supports all who fall and raises up all who are bowed down.

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    6Though the Lord is exalted, he cares for the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.

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    10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

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    29When people are humbled and you say, 'Lift them up,' God will save the downcast.

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    52He has brought down rulers from their thrones and exalted the humble.

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    11Scatter the outbursts of your anger, and look at every proud one and bring him low.

    12Look at every proud person and humble him, and crush the wicked where they stand.

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    9He guides the humble in what is right and teaches the humble his way.

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    17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD supports the righteous.

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    4For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation.

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    17The pride of mankind will be bowed down, and human arrogance will be humbled. The Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

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    28You save a humble people, but your eyes are set against the proud to bring them low.

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    24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD supports him with His hand.

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    48This God gives me vengeance and brings down nations under me.

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