ταπεινόω

Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.

And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.

I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.