God exalts the humble. Your trust in Jesus exalts you.

God exalts the humble. Your trust in Jesus exalts you.

“The LORD lifts up the humble” (Ps 147:6)
“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift [hupsoo] you up.” (Jm 4:10)
“Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt [hupsoo] you in due time” (1Pet 5:6)
“But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble [tapeinos].” (Jm 4:6)
“God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” (1Pet 5:5)
“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Prov 16:18)
“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle [praos] and lowly in heart [tapeinos], and you will find rest for your souls.” (Matt 11:29)
“with all lowliness and gentleness [praotes], with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love” (Eph 4:2)
“Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness [praotes], humility, meekness, longsuffering” (Col 3:12)
“Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.” (Phil 2:4)
“in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.” (Phil 2:3)
“Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another” (Rom 12:10)
“Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification.” (Rom 15:2)
“Let no one seek his own, but each one the other’s well-being.” (1Cor 10:24)
“We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves.” (Rom 15:1)
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” (Gal 6:2)
“Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. For even Christ did not please Himself” (Rom 15:2,3)
“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.” (Phil 2:5-8)
Reading: Ps 147-149; Matt 3