Mat 5:3, 23:12, Jam 4:6, 10, 1Pe 5:5-6 | ESV | STEP | Blessed are the poor in spirit , for theirs is the kingdom of heaven .

f 1 Pet. 5:5; Cited from Prov. 3:34 (Gk.)

g Isa. 54:7, 8; See Matt. 13:12

h ver. 6; Isa. 57:15; [Luke 1:52]; See Matt. 23:12

i[Matt. 20:26, 27; John 13:4, 5, 14]

jSee James 4:6, 10

k[See ver. 5 above]

Matthew 5:3

3 ^a“Blessed are ^bthe poor in spirit, for ^ctheirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 23:12

12 ^dWhoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

James 4:6

6 But ^ehe gives more grace. Therefore it says, ^f“God opposes the proud but ^ggives grace to the humble.”

James 4:10

10 ^hHumble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

1 Peter 5:5-6

5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. ⁱClothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for ^j“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

6 ^kHumble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,