Psa 62:9, Isa 2:9, 11, 17, 9:14-17, 24:2-4, Jer 5:4-5, 9, Jam 1:9-11 | ESV | STEP | Those of low estate are but a breath ; those of high estate are a delusion ; in the balances they go up ; they are together lighter than a breath .

o[See ver. 12 above]

p Hos. 4:9; [Lam. 4:16]; See ch. 3:1-3

q[Ezek. 7:12, 13]

r[Jer. 15:10]

s ver. 1, 6

tSee ch. 1:20

u[ch. 16:8; Hos. 4:3]

v ch. 8:7; Mic. 3:1

w ch. 2:20; Ps. 2:3; 107:14

x ver. 29; ch. 9:9; [Rom. 2:2]

y Jer. 9:23

z[Ps. 102:4, 11; 1 Cor. 7:31; 1 Pet. 1:24]

ab Isa. 40:7

Psalms 62:9

9 ^aThose of low estate are but a breath;
those of high estate ^bare a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
^cthey are together lighter than a breath.

Isaiah 2:9

9 So man ^dis humbled,
and each one ^eis brought low—
do not forgive them!

Isaiah 2:11

11 ^fThe haughty looks of man shall be brought low,
and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 2:17

17 ^gAnd the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,
and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 9:14-17

14 So the Lord cut off from Israel ^hhead and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day—
15 ⁱthe elder and honored man is the head,
and ^jthe prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
16 for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,
and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
17 Therefore the Lord does not ^krejoice over their young men,
and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for everyone is ^lgodless and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks ^mfolly. ^{▼▼Or speaks disgraceful things}
^oFor all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 24:2-4

2 ^pAnd it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
as with the slave, so with his master;
as with the maid, so with her mistress;
^qas with the buyer, so with the seller;
as with the lender, so with the borrower;
^ras with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 ^sThe earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;
^tfor the Lord has spoken this word.
4 ^uThe earth mourns and withers;
the world languishes and withers;
the highest people of the earth languish.

Jeremiah 5:4-5

4 Then I said, “These are only the poor;
they have no sense;
^vfor they do not know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
5 I will go to the great
and will speak to them,
for they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.”
^wBut they all alike had broken the yoke;
they had burst the bonds.

Jeremiah 5:9

9 ^xShall I not punish them for these things?

declares the Lord;
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?

James 1:9-11

9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and ^ythe rich in his humiliation, because ^zlike a flower of the grass ^{▼▼Or a wild flower} he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and ^abwithers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.