2 Samuel 6:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.””
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“and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And I will be yet more vile than this, and will be base in mine own sight: but of the handmaids of whom thou hast spoken, of them shall I be had in honor.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and I have been more vile than this, and have been low in mine eyes, and with the handmaids whom thou hast spoken of, with them I am honoured.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 6:22 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 32:10I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
- 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
- Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
- Job 42:6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
- Psalms 131:1My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
- Isaiah 50:6I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
- Isaiah 51:7Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
- Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
- Acts 5:41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
- 1 Timothy 1:15This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
- Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- 1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
- 1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
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