2 Samuel 22:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.”
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“You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 22:28 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- Exodus 9:14Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
- Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
- Job 40:11Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
- Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
- Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
- Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
- Proverbs 21:4Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.
- Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 2:17So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
- Isaiah 5:15So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
- Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
- Isaiah 37:28But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
- Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
- Isaiah 63:9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
- Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- 1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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