26 This is what the Lord God says:

Remove the turban, and take off the crown.
Things will not remain as they are;[a]
exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:26 Lit This not this

Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child—this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.(A)

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51 He has done a mighty deed with His arm;(A)
He has scattered the proud
because of the thoughts of their hearts;

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Every valley will be filled,
and every mountain and hill will be made low;[a]
the crooked will become straight,
the rough ways smooth,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:5 Lit be humbled

14 I tell you, this one went down to his house justified(A) rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”(B)

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10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

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In the same way, you younger men, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with[a] humility toward one another, because

God resists the proud
but gives grace to the humble.(A)[b]

Humble(B) yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand(C) of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time,[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 5:5 Lit you tie around yourselves
  2. 1 Peter 5:5 Pr 3:34 LXX
  3. 1 Peter 5:6 Lit in time

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