Luke 18:14

I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for everyone who is exalting himself will be humbled, and he who is humbling himself will be exalted.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

In Context

13And the tax collector, having stood far off, would not even lift up the eyes to the sky, but was striking on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me—the sinner!

15And they were also bringing the babies near, that He may touch them, and the disciples having seen, rebuked them,

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Cross References

Exodus 18:11now I have known that YHWH [is] greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly—[He is] above them!”

Job 9:20If I am righteous, my mouth declares me wicked; [If] I am perfect, it declares me perverse.

Job 25:4And what? Is man righteous with God? And what? Is he pure—born of a woman?

Psalms 138:6For YHWH [is] high, and He sees the lowly, || And He knows the haughty from afar.

Proverbs 3:34If He scorns the scorners, || Yet He gives grace to the humble.

Proverbs 16:18Pride [is] before destruction, || And before stumbling—a haughty spirit.

Matthew Henry on Luke 18:10-15

The Pharisee and the Publican. 9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not… Read the whole commentary →

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