And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.
He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.
The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.
When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.
Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.
The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.
Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:
For those wounded and made low by her are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through her are a great army.
The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.
Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?
Because of your passion and your wrath, for I have been lifted up and then made low by you.
By them they were crushed, and made low under their hands.
And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,
Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.
He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;
The Lord keeps the simple; I was made low, and he was my saviour.
Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.
Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.
Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.
For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.
For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.
They are bent down and made low; but we have been lifted up.
All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.
My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.
But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.
There the workers of evil have come down: they have been made low, and will not be lifted up.
I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.
High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.
Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;
By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.
Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.
Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.
Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.
Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.
Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.
O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.
Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low.
Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does; for he has God's approval.
And they will go through the sea of Egypt, and all the deep waters of the Nile will become dry: and the pride of Assyria will be made low, and the power of Egypt will be taken away.
Give a cry of grief, O fir-tree, for the fall of the cedar, because the great ones have been made low: give cries of grief, O you oaks of Bashan, for the strong trees of the wood have come down.
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