Psalms 18:27

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To the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

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  • Ps 101:5 : 5 Whoever secretly slanders their neighbor, I will silence. Whoever has proud eyes and an arrogant heart, I cannot endure.
  • Prov 6:16-17 : 16 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet it is not cleansed from its filth.
  • Isa 3:9 : 9 The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom, they openly declare their sin; they do not try to conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
  • Isa 10:12 : 12 When the Lord has finished all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will punish the pride of the king of Assyria's heart and the glory of his haughty eyes.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted One says—he who lives forever, whose name is holy: 'I dwell in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.'
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 My hand made all these things, and so all these came into being,' declares the Lord. 'But I will look to this one: to the humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
  • Luke 1:52-53 : 52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones and exalted the humble. 53 He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty.
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 'I tell you that this man went home justified before God rather than the other. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.'
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that through His poverty you might become rich.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
  • 2 Sam 22:28 : 28 You save a humble people, but your eyes are set against the proud to bring them low.
  • Ps 9:18 : 18 The wicked will return to the grave, and so will all the nations that forget God.
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 In his pride, the wicked man says, 'He will not seek; there is no God in all his thoughts.'
  • Ps 17:10 : 10 They close up their hearts to compassion; they speak with arrogance.
  • Ps 17:13 : 13 Arise, Lord! Confront them, bring them down. With your sword, rescue me from the wicked.
  • Ps 34:6 : 6 They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed.
  • Ps 34:19 : 19 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
  • Ps 40:17 : 17 Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You. May those who love Your salvation always say, 'The LORD be magnified!'

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  • 2 Sam 22:26-29
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    26 To the faithful you show yourself faithful, and to the blameless you show yourself blameless.

    27 To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

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

    29 For you are my lamp, O LORD; the LORD illumines my darkness.

  • Job 22:29-30
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    79%

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

    30 He will even deliver one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15 So humanity will be humbled, and people will be brought low; even the eyes of the arrogant will be humbled.

  • Ps 138:6
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    6 Though the Lord is exalted, he cares for the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.

  • Ps 18:25-26
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    25 So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

    26 To the faithful You show Yourself faithful; to the blameless You show Yourself blameless.

  • Isa 2:11-12
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    11 The haughty eyes of mankind will be brought low, and humanity's pride will be humbled. The Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

    12 For the day of the Lord of hosts will come against all who are proud and arrogant, against all who are exalted—they will be humbled.

  • Ps 18:28
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    28 You save a humble people, but You bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

  • Job 40:11-12
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    11 Scatter the outbursts of your anger, and look at every proud one and bring him low.

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

  • Ps 147:6
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    6 The LORD lifts up the humble; He brings the wicked down to the ground.

  • Isa 2:17
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    17 The pride of mankind will be bowed down, and human arrogance will be humbled. The Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

  • Jas 4:10
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    10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23 A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

  • Job 5:11
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    11 He sets the lowly on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

  • Ps 113:6-7
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    6 He stoops down to look upon the heavens and the earth.

    7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap.

  • Isa 26:5-6
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    5 For He has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city; He lays it low, to the ground, to the dust.

    6 The feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the needy, will trample it.

  • Obad 1:3-4
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    3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; you say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?"

    4 Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.

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    6 The Lord protects the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.

  • Ps 34:18
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    18 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; He delivers them from all their troubles.

  • Ps 146:8
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    8 The LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

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    7 'The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He humbles and He exalts.'

  • Ps 31:7
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    7 I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.

  • Ps 10:17
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    17 Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts and listen with Your ear.

  • Ps 145:14
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    14 The LORD supports all who fall and raises up all who are bowed down.

  • Ps 10:14
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    14 But You have seen; for You observe trouble and grief, to repay it by Your hand. The helpless entrusts themselves to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

  • Job 17:4
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    4 For you have closed their hearts to understanding; therefore, you will not exalt them.

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    15 But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.

  • Ps 149:4
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    4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation.

  • Prov 16:19
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    19 Better to be humble with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.

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    15 He delivers the afflicted through their suffering and opens their ears in oppression.

  • Ps 17:7
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    7 Show the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.

  • Luke 1:52
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    52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones and exalted the humble.

  • Prov 29:13
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    13 The poor and the oppressor meet together; the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

  • Ps 140:12
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    12 May slanderers not be established in the land; may evil hunt down violent men to their destruction.

  • Zeph 3:11
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    11 On that day, you will not be ashamed of all your deeds by which you rebelled against me. For then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty on my holy mountain.

  • Jer 13:18
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    18 Say to the king and the queen mother, ‘Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.’

  • Ps 14:6
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    6 You frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.

  • Isa 51:23
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    23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you, 'Bow down so we can walk over you.' You made your back like the ground, like a street for them to walk over.

  • Job 36:17
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    17 But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

  • Ps 82:3
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    3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

  • Prov 3:34
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    34 He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.