The Humble will be Exalted

Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you. Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God. 1

Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall. 2 For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has a day of reckoning. He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted. Human pride will be humbled, and human arrogance will be brought down. 3

Some who seem least important now will be the greatest then, and some who are the greatest now will be least important then. 4  Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. 5

For the LORD delights in his people; he crowns the humble with victory. 6 True humility and fear of the LORD lead to riches, honour, and life. 7 So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honour. 8

 

1 1Cor 1.26-29 2 Prov 16.18 3 Isa 2.12,17 4 Lk 13.30 5 Mt 23.12 6 Ps 149.4 7 Prov 22.4 8 1Pt 5.6 nlt