²⁷ For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.

⁵ I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.

⁵ Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

⁹ For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

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.

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;

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.

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.

¹² For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes.

⁹ Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

¹² There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.

¹⁶ Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:

¹⁷ Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

¹⁷ Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.

¹⁹ Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

⁶ This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles.

¹³ Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.

¹⁰ They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.

⁴ The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

¹⁸ For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

²⁸ For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low.