Better is a person of humble standing ¹  who nevertheless has a servant, ²  than one who pretends to be somebody important ³  yet has no food.

The scorner ¹  seeks wisdom but finds none, ²  but understanding is easy ³  for a discerning person.

The fear of the Lord provides wise instruction, ¹  and before honor comes humility. ² 

When a wicked person ¹  arrives, contempt ²  shows up with him, and with shame comes ³  a reproach.

A rich person ¹  is wise in his own eyes, ²  but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly. ³ 

They will all be ashamed and embarrassed; those who fashion idols will all be humiliated. ¹ 

Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; ¹  you will never again be ashamed or humiliated. ² 

Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; ¹  they themselves ²  head off into captivity. ³ 

ו (Vav) He ground ¹  my teeth in gravel; he trampled ²  me in the dust.

You will be profaned within yourself ¹  in the sight of the nations; then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but ¹  the one who humbles ²  himself will be exalted.”

When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine left.” ¹ 

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. ¹ 

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.

we are persecuted, but not abandoned; ¹  we are knocked down, ²  but not destroyed,

Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

All these your servants will come down to me and bow down ¹  to me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow ²  you,’ and after that I will go out.” Then Moses ³  went out from Pharaoh in great anger.

then you will say, ‘It is the sacrifice ¹  of the Lord’s Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck ²  Egypt and delivered our households.’” The people bowed down low ³  to the ground,

When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed low with his face toward the ground. ¹  David said, “Mephibosheth?” He replied, “Yes, at your service.” ²