2 Chronicles 33:12-13
33:12 In his pain
Manasseh
asked the
Lord his God for mercy
and truly
humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
33:13 When he prayed to the
Lord,
the
Lord responded to him
and answered favorably
his cry for mercy. The
Lord brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the
Lord is the true God.
2 Chronicles 34:27
34:27 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit
and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the
Lord.
Proverbs 15:8
15:8 The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked,
but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
Matthew 5:3
5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Luke 18:13-14
18:13 The tax collector, however, stood
far off and would not even look up
to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful
to me, sinner that I am!’
18:14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified
rather than the Pharisee.
For everyone who exalts
himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
James 4:6
4:6 But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “
God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”
James 4:10
4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
James 4:1
Passions and Pride
4:1 Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?
James 5:5
5:5 You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.