Psalm 147:6
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6 (A)The Lord lifts up the humble;
He casts the wicked down to the ground.
Psalm 146:8-9
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8 (A)The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
(B)The Lord raises those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous.
9 (C)The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
(D)But the way of the wicked He [a]turns upside down.
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- Psalm 146:9 Lit. makes crooked
Psalm 25:9
New King James Version
9 The humble He guides in justice,
And the humble He teaches His way.
1 Peter 5:6
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6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
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James 4:10
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10 (A)Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
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Zephaniah 2:3
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3 (A)Seek the Lord, (B)all you meek of the earth,
Who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
(C)It may be that you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
1 Samuel 2:8
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8 (A)He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the beggar from the ash heap,
(B)To set them among princes
And make them inherit the throne of glory.
(C)“For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He has set the world upon them.
2 Peter 2:4-9
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4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to [a]hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; 6 and turning the cities of (A)Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; 7 and (B)delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, (C)tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)— 9 then (D)the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,
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- 2 Peter 2:4 Lit. Tartarus
1 Peter 3:4
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4 rather let it be (A)the hidden person of the heart, with the [a]incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
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- 1 Peter 3:4 imperishable
Matthew 5:5
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- Matthew 5:5 Or land
Psalm 149:4
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- Psalm 149:4 meek
Psalm 145:14
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14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
And (A)raises up all who are bowed down.
Psalm 73:18-19
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18 Surely (A)You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
19 Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment!
They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Psalm 55:23
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23 But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;
(A)Bloodthirsty and deceitful men (B)shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in You.
Psalm 37:11
New King James Version
11 (A)But the meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
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