Psalms 18:27

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For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 101:5 : 5 I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a haughty demeanor and an arrogant attitude.
  • Prov 6:16-17 : 16 There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation who are pure in their own opinion and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
  • Isa 3:9 : 9 The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Woe to them! For they bring disaster on themselves.
  • Isa 10:12 : 12 But when the Lord finishes judging Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the LORD. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.
  • Luke 1:52-53 : 52 He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position; 53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
  • 2 Sam 22:28 : 28 You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.
  • Ps 9:18 : 18 for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks,“God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”
  • Ps 17:10 : 10 They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.
  • Ps 17:13 : 13 Rise up, LORD! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!
  • Ps 34:6 : 6 This oppressed man cried out and the LORD heard; he saved him from all his troubles.
  • Ps 34:19 : 19 The godly face many dangers, but the LORD saves them from each one of them.
  • Ps 40:17 : 17 I am oppressed and needy! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O my God, do not delay!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 22:26-29
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    26You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.

    27You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

    28You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.

    29Indeed, you are my lamp, LORD. The LORD illumines the darkness around me.

  • Job 22:29-30
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    29When people are brought low and you say‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast;

    30he will deliver even someone who is not innocent, who will escape through the cleanness of your hands.”

  • Isa 5:15
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    15Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

  • Ps 138:6
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    6Though the LORD is exalted, he looks after the lowly, and humbles the proud from far away.

  • Ps 18:25-26
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    25You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.

    26You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

  • Isa 2:11-12
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    74%

    11Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

    12Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud– they will be humiliated;

  • Ps 18:28
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    28Indeed, you light my lamp, LORD. My God illuminates the darkness around me.

  • Job 40:11-12
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    11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;

    12Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!

  • Ps 147:6
    73%

    6The LORD lifts up the oppressed, but knocks the wicked to the ground.

  • Isa 2:17
    72%

    17Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

  • Jas 4:10
    71%

    10Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.

  • Job 5:11
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    11he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.

  • Ps 113:6-7
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    6He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.

    7He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,

  • Isa 26:5-6
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    5Indeed, the LORD knocks down those who live in a high place, he brings down an elevated town; he brings it down to the ground, he throws it down to the dust.

    6It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor.”

  • Obad 1:3-4
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    3Your presumptuous heart has deceived you– you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, whose home is high in the mountains. You think to yourself,‘No one can bring me down to the ground!’

    4Even if you were to soar high like an eagle, even if you were to make your nest among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!” says the LORD.

  • Ps 116:6
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    6The LORD protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered me.

  • Ps 34:18
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    18The LORD is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged.

  • Ps 146:8
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    8The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly.

  • 1 Sam 2:7
    70%

    7The LORD impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.

  • Ps 31:7
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    7I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness, because you notice my pain and you are aware of how distressed I am.

  • Ps 10:17
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    17LORD, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.

  • Ps 145:14
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    14The LORD supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over.

  • Ps 10:14
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    14You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

  • Job 17:4
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    4Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

  • Isa 14:15
    69%

    15But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the Pit.

  • Ps 149:4
    69%

    4For the LORD takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.

  • Prov 16:19
    69%

    19It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

  • Job 36:15
    69%

    15He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

  • Ps 17:7
    69%

    7Accomplish awesome, faithful deeds, you who powerfully deliver those who look to you for protection from their enemies.

  • Luke 1:52
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    52He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;

  • Prov 29:13
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    13The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gives light to the eyes of them both.

  • Ps 140:12
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    12I know that the LORD defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

  • Zeph 3:11
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    11In that day you will not be ashamed of all your rebelliousness against me, for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast, and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill.

  • Jer 13:18
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    18The LORD told me,“Tell the king and the queen mother,‘Surrender your thrones, for your glorious crowns will be removed from your heads.

  • Ps 14:6
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    6You want to humiliate the oppressed, even though the LORD is their shelter.

  • Isa 51:23
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    23I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you,‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’ You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you.”

  • Job 36:17
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    17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

  • Ps 82:3
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    3Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

  • Prov 3:34
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    34With arrogant scoffers he is scornful, yet he shows favor to the humble.