Job 22:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.”
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“When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.”
King James Version · Public Domain“When they casttheedown, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the humble person he will save.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 22:29 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 5:19He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
- Psalms 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
- Psalms 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
- Psalms 92:9For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
- Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
- Ezekiel 21:26This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.
- Matthew 23:12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
- Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Luke 18:9To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
- 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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