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1 Samuel 15:17

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15:17 Samuel said, “Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord chose 1  you as king over Israel.

Proverbs 18:12

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18:12 Before destruction the heart 2  of a person is proud,

but humility comes 3  before honor. 4 

Isaiah 66:2

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66:2 My hand made them; 5 

that is how they came to be,” 6  says the Lord.

I show special favor 7  to the humble and contrite,

who respect what I have to say. 8 

Luke 14:11

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14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but 9  the one who humbles 10  himself will be exalted.”

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[15:17]  1 tn Heb “anointed.”

[18:12]  2 sn The term “heart” is a metonymy of subject, referring to the seat of the spiritual and intellectual capacities – the mind, the will, the motivations and intentions. Proud ambitions and intentions will lead to a fall.

[18:12]  3 tn Heb “[is] before honor”; cf. CEV “humility leads to honor.”

[18:12]  4 sn The way to honor is through humility (e.g., Prov 11:2; 15:33; 16:18). The humility and exaltation of Jesus provides the classic example (Phil 2:1-10).

[66:2]  5 tn Heb “all these.” The phrase refers to the heavens and earth, mentioned in the previous verse.

[66:2]  6 tn Heb “and all these were.” Some prefer to emend וַיִּהְיוּ (vayyihyu, “and they were”) to וְלִי הָיוּ (vÿli hayu, “and to me they were”), i.e., “and they belong to me.”

[66:2]  7 tn Heb “and to this one I look” (KJV and NASB both similar).

[66:2]  8 tn Heb “to the humble and the lowly in spirit and the one who trembles at my words.”

[14:11]  9 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context, which involves the reversal of expected roles.

[14:11]  10 sn The point of the statement the one who humbles himself will be exalted is humility and the reversal imagery used to underline it is common: Luke 1:52-53; 6:21; 10:15; 18:14.



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