Luke 14:11

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.””

— WEB

“For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”

— KJV

“For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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Luke 18:14 "I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who …"
Matthew 23:12 "Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
Proverbs 29:23 "A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor."
James 4:6 "But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”Proverbs 3:34"
Psalms 138:6 "For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar."
1 Peter 5:5 "Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one anothe…"
Proverbs 18:12 "Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility."
James 4:10 "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you."

Commentary

whosoever, &c.--couching them in a chaste simplicity and proverbial terseness of style which makes them "apples of gold in a setting of silver." (See on Luk 18:14).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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