Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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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

13But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

15They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”

Job 9:20Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.

Job 25:4How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?

Psalms 138:6For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.

Proverbs 3:34Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

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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