1 Peter 5:6 So be content with who you are, and don’t put on airs. God’s strong hand is on you; he’ll promote you at the right time. Live carefree before God; he is most...

5:6 MSG

逐节对照

The Message - So be content with who you are, and don’t put on airs. God’s strong hand is on you; he’ll promote you at the right time. Live carefree before God; he is most careful with you.
新标点和合本 - 所以，你们要自卑，服在　神大能的手下，到了时候，他必叫你们升高。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 所以，你们要谦卑服在上帝大能的手下，这样，到了适当的时候，他必使你们升高。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 所以，你们要谦卑服在　神大能的手下，这样，到了适当的时候，他必使你们升高。
当代译本 - 所以你们要在上帝大能的手下谦卑，时候到了，祂必提升你们。
圣经新译本 - 所以你们要谦卑，服在　神大能的手下，到了时候，他必叫你们升高。
中文标准译本 - 所以，你们当在神大能的手下降卑，好让他在所定的时候高举你们。
现代标点和合本 - 所以，你们要自卑，服在神大能的手下，到了时候他必叫你们升高。
和合本（拼音版） - 所以你们要自卑，服在上帝大能的手下，到了时候，他必叫你们升高。
New International Version - Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
New International Reader's Version - So make yourselves humble. Put yourselves under God’s mighty hand. Then he will honor you at the right time.
English Standard Version - Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
New Living Translation - So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.
Christian Standard Bible - Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time,
New American Standard Bible - Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time,
New King James Version - Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
Amplified Bible - Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God [set aside self-righteous pride], so that He may exalt you [to a place of honor in His service] at the appropriate time,
American Standard Version - Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
King James Version - Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
New English Translation - And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand
World English Bible - Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,
新標點和合本 - 所以，你們要自卑，服在神大能的手下，到了時候，他必叫你們升高。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 所以，你們要謙卑服在上帝大能的手下，這樣，到了適當的時候，他必使你們升高。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 所以，你們要謙卑服在　神大能的手下，這樣，到了適當的時候，他必使你們升高。
當代譯本 - 所以你們要在上帝大能的手下謙卑，時候到了，祂必提升你們。
聖經新譯本 - 所以你們要謙卑，服在　神大能的手下，到了時候，他必叫你們升高。
呂振中譯本 - 所以你們要自己謙卑，服在上帝之大能手下，讓他在適當時候叫你們升高。
中文標準譯本 - 所以，你們當在神大能的手下降卑，好讓他在所定的時候高舉你們。
現代標點和合本 - 所以，你們要自卑，服在神大能的手下，到了時候他必叫你們升高。
文理和合譯本 - 故於上帝大能之下、爾當自卑、俾得屆期擢爾、
文理委辦譯本 - 故當自卑、服上帝大力、及時必升、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 故當自卑、服天主大能之手、及時、天主必高舉爾、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 是宜於天主宏能統制之下、溫恭謙讓、庶得於適宜之時蒙其拔擢。一切憂慮可投諸天主之身；蓋天主眷顧爾等、無微不至。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Humíllense, pues, bajo la poderosa mano de Dios, para que él los exalte a su debido tiempo.
현대인의 성경 - 그러므로 여러분은 능력이 많으신 하나님 앞에서 자신을 낮추십시오. 때가 되면 하나님이 여러분을 높여 주실 것입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Поэтому смиритесь под могучей рукой Божьей, и Он возвысит вас в свое время.
Восточный перевод - Поэтому смиритесь под могучей рукой Всевышнего, и Он возвысит вас в своё время.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Поэтому смиритесь под могучей рукой Аллаха, и Он возвысит вас в своё время.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Поэтому смиритесь под могучей рукой Всевышнего, и Он возвысит вас в своё время.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Tenez-vous donc humblement sous la main puissante de Dieu, pour qu’il vous élève au moment fixé par lui
リビングバイブル - あなたがたは、神の力強い御手の下で自分を低くしていなさい。ちょうどよい時に、神はあなたがたを高く引き上げてくださるでしょう。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ταπεινώθητε οὖν ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα ὑμᾶς ὑψώσῃ ἐν καιρῷ,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ταπεινώθητε οὖν ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα ὑμᾶς ὑψώσῃ ἐν καιρῷ,
Nova Versão Internacional - Portanto, humilhem-se debaixo da poderosa mão de Deus, para que ele os exalte no tempo devido.
Hoffnung für alle - Deshalb beugt euch unter Gottes mächtige Hand. Dann wird Gott euch aufrichten, wenn seine Zeit da ist.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nếu các bạn hạ mình xuống dưới bàn tay quyền năng của Đức Chúa Trời, đến ngày thuận lợi, Ngài sẽ nhắc các bạn lên cao.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะฉะนั้นพวกท่านจงถ่อมใจลงภายใต้พระหัตถ์อันทรงฤทธิ์ของพระเจ้าเพื่อพระองค์จะทรงยกท่านขึ้นเมื่อถึงเวลาอันควร
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ฉะนั้น ท่านจงถ่อมตนอยู่ใต้อานุภาพอันยิ่งใหญ่ของพระเจ้า เพื่อว่าพระองค์จะยกย่องท่านเมื่อถึงเวลา

交叉引用

Exodus 32:11 - Moses tried to calm his God down. He said, “Why, God, would you lose your temper with your people? Why, you brought them out of Egypt in a tremendous demonstration of power and strength. Why let the Egyptians say, ‘He had it in for them—he brought them out so he could kill them in the mountains, wipe them right off the face of the Earth.’ Stop your anger. Think twice about bringing evil against your people! Think of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants to whom you gave your word, telling them ‘I will give you many children, as many as the stars in the sky, and I’ll give this land to your children as their land forever.’”
Exodus 3:19 - “I know that the king of Egypt won’t let you go unless forced to, so I’ll intervene and hit Egypt where it hurts—oh, my miracles will send them reeling!—after which they’ll be glad to send you off. I’ll see to it that this people get a hearty send-off by the Egyptians—when you leave, you won’t leave empty-handed! Each woman will ask her neighbor and any guests in her house for objects of silver and gold, for jewelry and extra clothes; you’ll put them on your sons and daughters. Oh, you’ll clean the Egyptians out!”
Ezekiel 21:6 - “So, son of man, groan! Double up in pain. Make a scene!
Job 36:22 - “Do you have any idea how powerful God is? Have you ever heard of a teacher like him? Has anyone ever had to tell him what to do, or correct him, saying, ‘You did that all wrong!’? Remember, then, to praise his workmanship, which is so often celebrated in song. Everybody sees it; nobody is too far away to see it.
James 5:10 - Take the old prophets as your mentors. They put up with anything, went through everything, and never once quit, all the time honoring God. What a gift life is to those who stay the course! You’ve heard, of course, of Job’s staying power, and you know how God brought it all together for him at the end. That’s because God cares, cares right down to the last detail.
Daniel 5:22 - “You are his son and have known all this, yet you’re as arrogant as he ever was. Look at you, setting yourself up in competition against the Master of heaven! You had the sacred chalices from his Temple brought into your drunken party so that you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines, could drink from them. You used the sacred chalices to toast your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone—blind, deaf, and imbecile gods. But you treat with contempt the living God who holds your entire life from birth to death in his hand.
James 1:9 - When down-and-outers get a break, cheer! And when the arrogant rich are brought down to size, cheer! Prosperity is as short-lived as a wildflower, so don’t ever count on it. You know that as soon as the sun rises, pouring down its scorching heat, the flower withers. Its petals wilt and, before you know it, that beautiful face is a barren stem. Well, that’s a picture of the “prosperous life.” At the very moment everyone is looking on in admiration, it fades away to nothing.
Romans 5:6 - Christ arrives right on time to make this happen. He didn’t, and doesn’t, wait for us to get ready. He presented himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. And even if we hadn’t been so weak, we wouldn’t have known what to do anyway. We can understand someone dying for a person worth dying for, and we can understand how someone good and noble could inspire us to selfless sacrifice. But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him.
Exodus 10:3 - Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “God, the God of the Hebrews, says, ‘How long are you going to refuse to knuckle under? Release my people so that they can worship me. If you refuse to release my people, watch out; tomorrow I’m bringing locusts into your country. They’ll cover every square inch of ground; no one will be able to see the ground. They’ll devour everything left over from the hailstorm, even the saplings out in the fields—they’ll clear-cut the trees. And they’ll invade your houses, filling the houses of your servants, filling every house in Egypt. Nobody will have ever seen anything like this, from the time your ancestors first set foot on this soil until today.’” Then he turned on his heel and left Pharaoh.
Micah 6:8 - But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, And don’t take yourself too seriously— take God seriously.
Jeremiah 13:18 - Tell the king and the queen-mother, “Come down off your high horses. Your dazzling crowns will tumble off your heads.” The villages in the Negev will be surrounded, everyone trapped, And Judah dragged off to exile, the whole country dragged to oblivion. * * *
Isaiah 57:15 - A Message from the high and towering God, who lives in Eternity, whose name is Holy: “I live in the high and holy places, but also with the low-spirited, the spirit-crushed, And what I do is put new spirit in them, get them up and on their feet again. For I’m not going to haul people into court endlessly, I’m not going to be angry forever. Otherwise, people would lose heart. These souls I created would tire out and give up. I was angry, good and angry, because of Israel’s sins. I struck him hard and turned away in anger, while he kept at his stubborn, willful ways. When I looked again and saw what he was doing, I decided to heal him, lead him, and comfort him, creating a new language of praise for the mourners. Peace to the far-off, peace to the near-at-hand,” says God— “and yes, I will heal them. But the wicked are storm-battered seas that can’t quiet down. The waves stir up garbage and mud. There’s no peace,” God says, “for the wicked.”
Isaiah 2:11 - People with a big head are headed for a fall, pretentious egos brought down a peg. It’s God alone at front-and-center on the Day we’re talking about, The Day that God-of-the-Angel-Armies is matched against all big-talking rivals, against all swaggering big names; Against all giant sequoias hugely towering, and against the expansive chestnut; Against Kilimanjaro and Annapurna, against the ranges of Alps and Andes; Against every soaring skyscraper, against all proud obelisks and statues; Against ocean-going luxury liners, against elegant three-masted schooners. The swelled big heads will be punctured bladders, the pretentious egos brought down to earth, Leaving God alone at front-and-center on the Day we’re talking about.
2 Chronicles 12:6 - The leaders of Israel and the king were repentant and said, “God is right.”
2 Chronicles 12:7 - When God saw that they were humbly repentant, the word of God came to Shemaiah: “Because they are humble, I’ll not destroy them—I’ll give them a break; I won’t use Shishak to express my wrath against Jerusalem. What I will do, though, is make them Shishak’s subjects—they’ll learn the difference between serving me and serving human kings.”
2 Chronicles 12:12 - Because Rehoboam was repentant, God’s anger was blunted, so he wasn’t totally destroyed. The picture wasn’t entirely bleak—there were some good things going on in Judah.
Luke 18:14 - Jesus commented, “This tax man, not the other, went home made right with God. If you walk around with your nose in the air, you’re going to end up flat on your face, but if you’re content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself.” * * *
Proverbs 29:23 - Pride lands you flat on your face; humility prepares you for honors.

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - So be content with who you are, and don’t put on airs. God’s strong hand is on you; he’ll promote you at the right time. Live carefree before God; he is most careful with you.
新标点和合本 - 所以，你们要自卑，服在　神大能的手下，到了时候，他必叫你们升高。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 所以，你们要谦卑服在上帝大能的手下，这样，到了适当的时候，他必使你们升高。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 所以，你们要谦卑服在　神大能的手下，这样，到了适当的时候，他必使你们升高。
当代译本 - 所以你们要在上帝大能的手下谦卑，时候到了，祂必提升你们。
圣经新译本 - 所以你们要谦卑，服在　神大能的手下，到了时候，他必叫你们升高。
中文标准译本 - 所以，你们当在神大能的手下降卑，好让他在所定的时候高举你们。
现代标点和合本 - 所以，你们要自卑，服在神大能的手下，到了时候他必叫你们升高。
和合本（拼音版） - 所以你们要自卑，服在上帝大能的手下，到了时候，他必叫你们升高。
New International Version - Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
New International Reader's Version - So make yourselves humble. Put yourselves under God’s mighty hand. Then he will honor you at the right time.
English Standard Version - Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
New Living Translation - So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.
Christian Standard Bible - Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time,
New American Standard Bible - Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time,
New King James Version - Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
Amplified Bible - Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God [set aside self-righteous pride], so that He may exalt you [to a place of honor in His service] at the appropriate time,
American Standard Version - Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
King James Version - Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
New English Translation - And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand
World English Bible - Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,
新標點和合本 - 所以，你們要自卑，服在神大能的手下，到了時候，他必叫你們升高。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 所以，你們要謙卑服在上帝大能的手下，這樣，到了適當的時候，他必使你們升高。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 所以，你們要謙卑服在　神大能的手下，這樣，到了適當的時候，他必使你們升高。
當代譯本 - 所以你們要在上帝大能的手下謙卑，時候到了，祂必提升你們。
聖經新譯本 - 所以你們要謙卑，服在　神大能的手下，到了時候，他必叫你們升高。
呂振中譯本 - 所以你們要自己謙卑，服在上帝之大能手下，讓他在適當時候叫你們升高。
中文標準譯本 - 所以，你們當在神大能的手下降卑，好讓他在所定的時候高舉你們。
現代標點和合本 - 所以，你們要自卑，服在神大能的手下，到了時候他必叫你們升高。
文理和合譯本 - 故於上帝大能之下、爾當自卑、俾得屆期擢爾、
文理委辦譯本 - 故當自卑、服上帝大力、及時必升、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 故當自卑、服天主大能之手、及時、天主必高舉爾、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 是宜於天主宏能統制之下、溫恭謙讓、庶得於適宜之時蒙其拔擢。一切憂慮可投諸天主之身；蓋天主眷顧爾等、無微不至。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Humíllense, pues, bajo la poderosa mano de Dios, para que él los exalte a su debido tiempo.
현대인의 성경 - 그러므로 여러분은 능력이 많으신 하나님 앞에서 자신을 낮추십시오. 때가 되면 하나님이 여러분을 높여 주실 것입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Поэтому смиритесь под могучей рукой Божьей, и Он возвысит вас в свое время.
Восточный перевод - Поэтому смиритесь под могучей рукой Всевышнего, и Он возвысит вас в своё время.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Поэтому смиритесь под могучей рукой Аллаха, и Он возвысит вас в своё время.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Поэтому смиритесь под могучей рукой Всевышнего, и Он возвысит вас в своё время.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Tenez-vous donc humblement sous la main puissante de Dieu, pour qu’il vous élève au moment fixé par lui
リビングバイブル - あなたがたは、神の力強い御手の下で自分を低くしていなさい。ちょうどよい時に、神はあなたがたを高く引き上げてくださるでしょう。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ταπεινώθητε οὖν ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα ὑμᾶς ὑψώσῃ ἐν καιρῷ,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ταπεινώθητε οὖν ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα ὑμᾶς ὑψώσῃ ἐν καιρῷ,
Nova Versão Internacional - Portanto, humilhem-se debaixo da poderosa mão de Deus, para que ele os exalte no tempo devido.
Hoffnung für alle - Deshalb beugt euch unter Gottes mächtige Hand. Dann wird Gott euch aufrichten, wenn seine Zeit da ist.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nếu các bạn hạ mình xuống dưới bàn tay quyền năng của Đức Chúa Trời, đến ngày thuận lợi, Ngài sẽ nhắc các bạn lên cao.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะฉะนั้นพวกท่านจงถ่อมใจลงภายใต้พระหัตถ์อันทรงฤทธิ์ของพระเจ้าเพื่อพระองค์จะทรงยกท่านขึ้นเมื่อถึงเวลาอันควร
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ฉะนั้น ท่านจงถ่อมตนอยู่ใต้อานุภาพอันยิ่งใหญ่ของพระเจ้า เพื่อว่าพระองค์จะยกย่องท่านเมื่อถึงเวลา

Exodus 32:11 - Moses tried to calm his God down. He said, “Why, God, would you lose your temper with your people? Why, you brought them out of Egypt in a tremendous demonstration of power and strength. Why let the Egyptians say, ‘He had it in for them—he brought them out so he could kill them in the mountains, wipe them right off the face of the Earth.’ Stop your anger. Think twice about bringing evil against your people! Think of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants to whom you gave your word, telling them ‘I will give you many children, as many as the stars in the sky, and I’ll give this land to your children as their land forever.’”
Exodus 3:19 - “I know that the king of Egypt won’t let you go unless forced to, so I’ll intervene and hit Egypt where it hurts—oh, my miracles will send them reeling!—after which they’ll be glad to send you off. I’ll see to it that this people get a hearty send-off by the Egyptians—when you leave, you won’t leave empty-handed! Each woman will ask her neighbor and any guests in her house for objects of silver and gold, for jewelry and extra clothes; you’ll put them on your sons and daughters. Oh, you’ll clean the Egyptians out!”
Ezekiel 21:6 - “So, son of man, groan! Double up in pain. Make a scene!
Job 36:22 - “Do you have any idea how powerful God is? Have you ever heard of a teacher like him? Has anyone ever had to tell him what to do, or correct him, saying, ‘You did that all wrong!’? Remember, then, to praise his workmanship, which is so often celebrated in song. Everybody sees it; nobody is too far away to see it.
James 5:10 - Take the old prophets as your mentors. They put up with anything, went through everything, and never once quit, all the time honoring God. What a gift life is to those who stay the course! You’ve heard, of course, of Job’s staying power, and you know how God brought it all together for him at the end. That’s because God cares, cares right down to the last detail.
Daniel 5:22 - “You are his son and have known all this, yet you’re as arrogant as he ever was. Look at you, setting yourself up in competition against the Master of heaven! You had the sacred chalices from his Temple brought into your drunken party so that you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines, could drink from them. You used the sacred chalices to toast your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone—blind, deaf, and imbecile gods. But you treat with contempt the living God who holds your entire life from birth to death in his hand.
James 1:9 - When down-and-outers get a break, cheer! And when the arrogant rich are brought down to size, cheer! Prosperity is as short-lived as a wildflower, so don’t ever count on it. You know that as soon as the sun rises, pouring down its scorching heat, the flower withers. Its petals wilt and, before you know it, that beautiful face is a barren stem. Well, that’s a picture of the “prosperous life.” At the very moment everyone is looking on in admiration, it fades away to nothing.
Romans 5:6 - Christ arrives right on time to make this happen. He didn’t, and doesn’t, wait for us to get ready. He presented himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. And even if we hadn’t been so weak, we wouldn’t have known what to do anyway. We can understand someone dying for a person worth dying for, and we can understand how someone good and noble could inspire us to selfless sacrifice. But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him.
Exodus 10:3 - Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “God, the God of the Hebrews, says, ‘How long are you going to refuse to knuckle under? Release my people so that they can worship me. If you refuse to release my people, watch out; tomorrow I’m bringing locusts into your country. They’ll cover every square inch of ground; no one will be able to see the ground. They’ll devour everything left over from the hailstorm, even the saplings out in the fields—they’ll clear-cut the trees. And they’ll invade your houses, filling the houses of your servants, filling every house in Egypt. Nobody will have ever seen anything like this, from the time your ancestors first set foot on this soil until today.’” Then he turned on his heel and left Pharaoh.
Micah 6:8 - But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, And don’t take yourself too seriously— take God seriously.
Jeremiah 13:18 - Tell the king and the queen-mother, “Come down off your high horses. Your dazzling crowns will tumble off your heads.” The villages in the Negev will be surrounded, everyone trapped, And Judah dragged off to exile, the whole country dragged to oblivion. * * *
Isaiah 57:15 - A Message from the high and towering God, who lives in Eternity, whose name is Holy: “I live in the high and holy places, but also with the low-spirited, the spirit-crushed, And what I do is put new spirit in them, get them up and on their feet again. For I’m not going to haul people into court endlessly, I’m not going to be angry forever. Otherwise, people would lose heart. These souls I created would tire out and give up. I was angry, good and angry, because of Israel’s sins. I struck him hard and turned away in anger, while he kept at his stubborn, willful ways. When I looked again and saw what he was doing, I decided to heal him, lead him, and comfort him, creating a new language of praise for the mourners. Peace to the far-off, peace to the near-at-hand,” says God— “and yes, I will heal them. But the wicked are storm-battered seas that can’t quiet down. The waves stir up garbage and mud. There’s no peace,” God says, “for the wicked.”
Isaiah 2:11 - People with a big head are headed for a fall, pretentious egos brought down a peg. It’s God alone at front-and-center on the Day we’re talking about, The Day that God-of-the-Angel-Armies is matched against all big-talking rivals, against all swaggering big names; Against all giant sequoias hugely towering, and against the expansive chestnut; Against Kilimanjaro and Annapurna, against the ranges of Alps and Andes; Against every soaring skyscraper, against all proud obelisks and statues; Against ocean-going luxury liners, against elegant three-masted schooners. The swelled big heads will be punctured bladders, the pretentious egos brought down to earth, Leaving God alone at front-and-center on the Day we’re talking about.
2 Chronicles 12:6 - The leaders of Israel and the king were repentant and said, “God is right.”
2 Chronicles 12:7 - When God saw that they were humbly repentant, the word of God came to Shemaiah: “Because they are humble, I’ll not destroy them—I’ll give them a break; I won’t use Shishak to express my wrath against Jerusalem. What I will do, though, is make them Shishak’s subjects—they’ll learn the difference between serving me and serving human kings.”
2 Chronicles 12:12 - Because Rehoboam was repentant, God’s anger was blunted, so he wasn’t totally destroyed. The picture wasn’t entirely bleak—there were some good things going on in Judah.
Luke 18:14 - Jesus commented, “This tax man, not the other, went home made right with God. If you walk around with your nose in the air, you’re going to end up flat on your face, but if you’re content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself.” * * *
Proverbs 29:23 - Pride lands you flat on your face; humility prepares you for honors.