Deuteronomy 8:16
8:16 fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you
and eventually bring good to you.
Deuteronomy 8:2
8:2 Remember the whole way by which he
has brought you these forty years through the desert
so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 32:25
32:25 The sword will make people childless outside,
and terror will do so inside;
they will destroy both the young man and the virgin,
the infant and the gray-haired man.
Isaiah 2:11
2:11 Proud men will be brought low,
arrogant men will be humiliated;
the Lord alone will be exalted
in that day.
Daniel 4:30-37
4:30 The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence
by my own mighty strength
and for my majestic honor?”
4:31 While these words were still on the king’s lips,
a voice came down from heaven: “It is hereby announced to you,
King Nebuchadnezzar, that your kingdom has been removed from you!
4:32 You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before
you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.”
4:33 Now in that very moment this pronouncement about Nebuchadnezzar came true. He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle’s feathers, and his nails like a bird’s claws.
4:34 But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me.
I extolled the Most High,
and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever.
For his authority is an everlasting authority,
and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.
4:35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing.
He does as he wishes with the army of heaven
and with those who inhabit the earth.
No one slaps his hand
and says to him, ‘What have you done?’
4:36 At that time my sanity returned to me. I was restored to the honor of my kingdom, and my splendor returned to me. My ministers and my nobles were seeking me out, and I was reinstated over my kingdom. I became even greater than before.
4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.
Daniel 4:2
4:2 I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me.
Colossians 1:7
1:7 You learned the gospel
from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave
– a
faithful minister of Christ on our
behalf –
James 4:10
4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.