29 When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come!
Then (A)He will save the humble person.

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29 When people are brought low(A) and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
    then he will save the downcast.(B)

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(A)Though the Lord is on high,
Yet (B)He regards the lowly;
But the proud He knows from afar.

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Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;(A)
    though lofty, he sees them(B) from afar.

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34 (A)Surely He scorns the scornful,
But gives grace to the humble.

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34 He mocks(A) proud mockers(B)
    but shows favor to the humble(C) and oppressed.

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12 (A)And whoever exalts himself will be [a]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be [b]exalted.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:12 put down
  2. Matthew 23:12 lifted up

12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.(A)

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Submit to God, Resist the Devil

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, (A)all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for

(B)“God resists the proud,
But (C)gives grace to the humble.”

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In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves(A) to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility(B) toward one another, because,

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 5:5 Prov. 3:34