Psalms 138:6 Cross References - BBE

⁶ Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

¹¹ Now I am certain that the Lord is greater than all gods, for he has overcome them in their pride.

⁷ The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up; ⁸ Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.

¹¹ Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low. ¹² Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.

¹⁷ The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.

⁵ Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, ⁶ Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?

² You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.

³⁴ He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.

¹¹ The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

¹⁷ And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

¹⁵ For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

² For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.

² Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God: ³ See, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret which is deeper than your knowledge: ⁴ By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses: ⁵ By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power: ⁶ For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your heart as the heart of God, ⁷ See, I am sending against you strange men, feared among the nations: they will let loose their swords against your bright wisdom, they will make your glory a common thing. ⁸ They will send you down to the underworld, and your death will be the death of those who are put to the sword in the heart of the seas. ⁹ Will you say, in the face of those who are taking your life, I am God? but you are man and not God in the hands of those who are wounding you.

³⁷ Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.

²⁰ But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his place as king, and they took his glory from him: ²¹ And he was sent out from among the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts', and he was living with the asses of the fields; he had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he was certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives power over it to anyone at his pleasure. ²² And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this; ²³ But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory; ²⁴ Then the part of the hand was sent out from before him, and this writing was recorded.

⁴¹ Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

⁴⁸ For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

⁵¹ With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts. ⁵² He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree. ⁵³ Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

¹¹ For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

¹⁴ I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

²² And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man. ²³ And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

⁹ Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

⁶ But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.

⁵ And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low. ⁶ For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;