James 4:6

But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Cross References (33)

  • Matthew 23:12 (57)

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

  • Proverbs 3:34 (53)

    He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.

  • 1 Peter 5:5 (35)

    Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one

  • Psalms 138:6 (29)

    Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

  • Proverbs 18:12 (29)

    Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

  • Proverbs 29:23 (24)

    A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

  • Proverbs 6:16–17 (23)

    There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

  • Proverbs 22:4 (20)

    The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.

  • Isaiah 2:11–12 (17)

    The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

  • Job 22:29 (13)

    When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.

  • Luke 18:14 (12)

    I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, bu

  • Isaiah 2:17 (12)

    So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in tha

  • Luke 14:11 (11)

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

  • Isaiah 57:15 (11)

    For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy

  • Daniel 4:37 (10)

    Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are

  • Luke 1:52 (8)

    He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:26 (8)

    Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come u

  • Proverbs 15:33 (8)

    The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

  • 1 Samuel 2:3 (7)

    Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are

  • 2 Chronicles 33:12 (7)

    And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his f

  • 2 Chronicles 33:23 (6)

    but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:27 (6)

    because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and agains

  • Matthew 13:12 (5)

    Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken awa

  • Daniel 5:20–23 (3)

    But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his

  • Exodus 10:3–4 (3)

    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will yo

  • Exodus 18:11 (3)

    Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

  • Isaiah 16:6–7 (2)

    We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty

  • Job 40:10–12 (2)

    Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.

  • Isaiah 10:8–14 (1)

    “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:19 (-1)

    His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high p

  • Exodus 15:9–10 (-1)

    The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw

  • Isaiah 54:7 (-1)

    “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.

  • Psalms 9:12 (-2)

    For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.