English Standard Version
Luke 14:11
11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Luke 14:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- New International Version (NIV)For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Context of Luke 14:11
9and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this person,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." 12He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. 13But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
Read all of Luke 14Luke 14:11 word by word
ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται, καὶ ὁ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Luke 14:11
- Luke 1:51He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
- Luke 18:14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
- 1 Samuel 15:17And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.
- Job 22:29For when they are humbled you say, 'It is because of pride'; but he saves the lowly.
- Job 40:10"Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
- Psalms 18:27For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
- Psalms 138:6For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.
- Proverbs 15:33The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
- Proverbs 18:12Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
- Proverbs 29:23One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
- Isaiah 2:11The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Matthew 23:12Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- James 4:6But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
- 1 Peter 5:5Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
Commentaries on Luke 14:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11For whosoever exalteth himself, etc. - This is the unchangeable conduct of God: he is ever abasing the proud, and giving grace, honor, and glory to the humble.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Whosoever exalteth - This is universal among people, and it is also the way in which God will deal with people. “Men” will perpetually endeavor to bring down those who endeavor to exalt themselves; and it is a part of God‘s regular plan to abase the proud, to bring down the lofty, to raise up those that be bowed down, and show “his” favors to those who are poor and needy.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 Even in the common actions of life, Christ marks what we do, not only in our religious assemblies, but at our tables. We see in many cases, that a man's pride will bring him low, and before honour is humility. Our Saviour here teaches, that works of charity are better than works of show. But our Lord did not mean that a proud and unbelieving liberality should be rewarded, but that his precept of doing good to the poor and afflicted should be…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-117-11. a parable--showing that His design was not so much to inculcate mere politeness or good manners, as underneath this to teach something deeper (Lu 14:11). chief rooms--principal seats, in the middle part of the couch on which they reclined at meals, esteemed the most honorable.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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