Psalms 138:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

For the Lord is high: yet he beholdeth the lowly, but the proude he knoweth afarre off.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:34 : 34 With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.
  • Jas 4:6 : 6 But the Scripture offereth more grace, and therefore sayth, God resisteth the proude, and giueth grace to the humble.
  • Ps 113:5-6 : 5 Who is like vnto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling on high! 6 Who abaseth himselfe to beholde things in the heauen and in the earth!
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus sayth he that is hie and excellent, he that inhabiteth the eternitie, whose Name is the Holy one, I dwell in the high and holy place: with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite to reuiue the spirite of the humble, and to giue life to them that are of a contrite heart.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 For all these things hath mine hand made, and all these things haue bene, sayth the Lorde: and to him will I looke, euen to him, that is poore, and of a contrite spirite and trembleth at my wordes.
  • Ezek 28:2-9 : 2 Sonne of ma, say vnto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saieth the Lord God, Because thine heart is exalted, & thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God in ye mids of the sea, yet thou art but a man & not God, and though thou didest thinke in thine heart, that thou wast equall with God, 3 Behold, thou art wiser then Daniel: there is no secrete, that they can hide from thee. 4 With thy wisedome and thine vnderstanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten golde and siluer into thy treasures. 5 By thy great wisedome and by thine occupying hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted vp because of thy riches. 6 Therefore thus sayeth the Lorde God, Because thou didest thinke in thine heart, that thou wast equall with God, 7 Behold, therefore I wil bring strangers vpon thee, euen the terrible nations: and they shall drawe their swordes against the beautie of thy wisedome, and they shall defile thy brightnes. 8 They shall cast thee downe to the pit, and thou shalt die the death of them, that are slaine in the middes of the sea. 9 Wilt thou say then before him, that slayeth thee, I am a god? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hands of him that slayeth thee.
  • Dan 4:37 : 37 (4:34) Now therefore I Nebuchad-nezzar prayse and extoll & magnifie the King of heauen, whose workes are all trueth, & his wayes iudgement, and those that walke in pride, he is able to abase.
  • Dan 5:20-24 : 20 But when his heart was puft vp, and his minde hardened in pride, hee was deposed from his kingly throne, and they tooke his honour from him. 21 And hee was driuen from the sonnes of men, and his heart was made like the beastes, and his dwelling was with the wilde asses: they fed him with grasse like oxen, and his body was wet with the dewe of the heauen, till he knewe, that the most high God bare rule ouer the kingdome of men, and that he appointeth ouer it, whomsoeuer he pleaseth. 22 And thou his sonne, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all these things, 23 But hast lift thy selfe vp against the Lorde of heauen, and they haue brought the vessels of his House before thee, and thou and thy princes, thy wiues and thy concubines haue drunke wine in them, and thou hast praysed the gods of siluer and golde, of brasse, yron, wood and stone, which neither see, neither heare, nor vnderstand: and the God in whose hand thy breath is and all thy wayes, him hast thou not glorified. 24 Then was the palme of the hand sent from him, and hath written this writing.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 Then shal he say vnto them on ye left hand, Depart from me ye cursed, into euerlasting fire, which is prepared for the deuill and his angels.
  • Luke 1:48 : 48 For hee hath looked on the poore degree of his seruaunt: for beholde, from henceforth shall all ages call me blessed,
  • Luke 1:51-53 : 51 Hee hath shewed strength with his arme: hee hath scattered the proude in the imagination of their hearts. 52 Hee hath put downe the mighty from their seates, and exalted them of lowe degree. 53 Hee hath filled the hungrie with good things, and sent away the rich emptie.
  • Ps 139:2 : 2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
  • Isa 2:11 : 11 The hie looke of man shall be humbled, and the loftinesse of men shalbe abased, and the Lord onely shall be exalted in that day.
  • Isa 2:17 : 17 And the hautinesse of men shalbe brought low, and the loftinesse of men shalbe abased, and the Lord shall onely be exalted in that day.
  • Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that the Lord is greater then all the gods: for as they haue dealt proudly with them, so are they recompensed.
  • 1 Sam 2:7-8 : 7 The Lord maketh poore and maketh rich: bringeth lowe, and exalteth. 8 He raiseth vp ye poore out of the dust, and lifteth vp the begger fro the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lordes, and he hath set the world vpon them.
  • Job 40:11-12 : 11 (40:6) Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him. 12 (40:7) Looke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe: and destroy the wicked in their place.
  • Ps 51:17 : 17 The sacrifices of God are a contrite spirit: a contrite and a broken heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 I tell you, this man departed to his house iustified, rather then the other: for euery man that exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shalbe exalted.
  • Acts 12:22-23 : 22 And the people gaue a shoute, saying, The voyce of God, and not of man. 23 But immediatly the Angel of the Lorde smote him, because he gaue not glorie vnto God, so that he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.
  • 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 Which shall be punished with euerlasting perdition, from the presence of the Lord, & from the glory of his power,
  • 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 Likewise ye yonger, submit your selues vnto the elders, & submit your selues euery man, one to another: decke your selues inwardly in lowlinesse of minde: for God resisteth the proude, and giueth grace to the humble. 6 Humble your selues therefore vnder the mightie hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
  • Luke 14:11 : 11 For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shal be exalted.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 113:4-8
    5 verses
    81%

    4The Lord is high aboue all nations, and his glorie aboue the heauens.

    5Who is like vnto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling on high!

    6Who abaseth himselfe to beholde things in the heauen and in the earth!

    7He raiseth the needie out of the dust, and lifteth vp the poore out of the dung,

    8That he may set him with the princes, euen with the princes of his people.

  • 2 Sam 22:28
    77%

    28Thus thou wilt saue the poore people: but thine eyes are vpon the hautie to humble them.

  • Ps 147:6
    77%

    6The Lord relieueth the meeke, and abaseth the wicked to the ground.

  • Isa 2:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11The hie looke of man shall be humbled, and the loftinesse of men shalbe abased, and the Lord onely shall be exalted in that day.

    12For the day of the Lorde of hostes is vpon all the proude and hautie, and vpon all that is exalted: and it shalbe made lowe.

  • Ps 131:1
    76%

    1A song of degrees or Psalme of Dauid. Lorde, mine heart is not hautie, neither are mine eyes loftie, neither haue I walked in great matters and hid from me.

  • Ps 18:27
    76%

    27Thus thou wilt saue the poore people, and wilt cast downe the proude lookes.

  • Isa 5:15
    75%

    15And man shalbe brought downe, and man shalbe humbled, euen the eyes of the proude shalbe humbled.

  • Ps 102:19
    75%

    19For he hath looked downe from the height of his Sanctuarie: out of the heauen did the Lord beholde the earth,

  • Job 41:34
    75%

    34(41:25) He beholdeth al hie things: he is a King ouer all the children of pride.

  • Luke 1:52
    74%

    52Hee hath put downe the mighty from their seates, and exalted them of lowe degree.

  • Job 5:11
    74%

    11And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation.

  • Prov 3:34
    74%

    34With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.

  • Isa 2:17
    74%

    17And the hautinesse of men shalbe brought low, and the loftinesse of men shalbe abased, and the Lord shall onely be exalted in that day.

  • Isa 26:5
    73%

    5For hee will bring downe them that dwell on hie: the hie citie he will abase: euen vnto the ground wil he cast it downe, & bring it vnto dust.

  • Jas 1:9
    73%

    9Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted:

  • Ps 102:17
    73%

    17And shall turne vnto the prayer of the desolate, and not despise their prayer.

  • Jas 4:10
    73%

    10Cast downe your selues before the Lord, and he will lift you vp.

  • Isa 57:15
    73%

    15For thus sayth he that is hie and excellent, he that inhabiteth the eternitie, whose Name is the Holy one, I dwell in the high and holy place: with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite to reuiue the spirite of the humble, and to giue life to them that are of a contrite heart.

  • 1 Sam 2:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7The Lord maketh poore and maketh rich: bringeth lowe, and exalteth.

    8He raiseth vp ye poore out of the dust, and lifteth vp the begger fro the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lordes, and he hath set the world vpon them.

  • Job 40:12
    73%

    12(40:7) Looke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe: and destroy the wicked in their place.

  • Ps 138:5
    73%

    5And they shall sing of the wayes of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord is great.

  • Ps 97:9
    73%

    9For thou, Lorde, art most High aboue all the earth: thou art much exalted aboue all gods.

  • Ps 116:6
    72%

    6The Lorde preserueth the simple: I was in miserie and he saued me.

  • Prov 29:23
    72%

    23The pride of a man shall bring him lowe: but the humble in spirit shall enioy glory.

  • Eccl 5:8
    72%

    8(5:7) If in a countrey thou seest the oppression of the poore, and the defrauding of iudgement and iustice, be not astonied at the matter: for hee that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.

  • Ps 40:4
    72%

    4Blessed is the man that maketh the Lorde his trust, and regardeth not the proude, nor such as turne aside to lyes.

  • Isa 33:5
    72%

    5The Lorde is exalted: for hee dwelleth on hie: he hath filled Zion with iudgement & iustice.

  • Prov 16:19
    72%

    19Better it is to be of humble minde with the lowly, then to deuide the spoyles with the proude.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    72%

    3Speake no more presumptuously: let not arrogancie come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him enterprises are established.

  • Ps 92:8
    72%

    8But thou, O Lord, art most High for euermore.

  • Ps 145:14
    71%

    14The Lord vpholdeth all that fall, and lifteth vp all that are ready to fall.

  • Ps 10:12
    71%

    12Arise, O Lorde God: lift vp thine hande: forget not the poore.

  • Ps 146:8
    71%

    8The Lorde giueth sight to the blinde: the Lord rayseth vp the crooked: the Lord loueth the righteous.

  • Ps 69:33
    71%

    33For the Lord heareth the poore, and despiseth not his prisoners.

  • Ps 22:24
    71%

    24For he hath not despised nor abhorred ye affliction of the poore: neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he called vnto him, he heard.

  • Job 22:29
    71%

    29When others are cast downe, then shalt thou say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.

  • Ps 34:2
    71%

    2My soule shall glory in the Lord: the humble shall heare it, and be glad.

  • Matt 23:12
    71%

    12For whosoeuer will exalt himselfe, shall be brought lowe: and whosoeuer will humble himselfe, shalbe exalted.

  • Ps 139:1
    71%

    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.

  • Luke 14:11
    71%

    11For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shal be exalted.

  • Obad 1:3
    71%

    3The pride of thine heart hath deceiued thee: thou that dwellest in the cleftes of the rockes, whose habitatio is hie, that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me downe to the ground?

  • Job 20:6
    71%

    6Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,

  • Ps 139:6
    71%

    6Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.

  • Ps 4:3
    70%

    3For be ye sure that the Lorde hath chosen to himselfe a godly man: the Lorde will heare when I call vnto him.