2 Chronicles 33:12-13
12And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God aand humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13He prayed to him, and bGod was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. cThen Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.2 Chronicles 34:27
27because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.Proverbs 15:8
8 dThe sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,but ethe prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.
Matthew 5:3
3 f“Blessed are gthe poor in spirit, for htheirs is the kingdom of heaven.Luke 18:13-14
13But the tax collector, istanding far off, jwould not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but kbeat his breast, saying, ‘God, lbe merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For meveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”James 4:6
6But nhe gives more grace. Therefore it says, o“God opposes the proud but pgives grace to the humble.”James 4:10
10 qHumble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
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