Luke 14:11

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

1Sa 15:17; Job 22:29; Job 40:10-12; Ps 18:27; Ps 138:6; Pr 15:33; Pr 18:12; Pr 29:23; Isa 2:11,17; Isa 57:15; Mt 23:12; Lu 1:51; Lu 18:14; Jas 4:6; 1Pe 5:5

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context, which involves the reversal of expected roles.

² sn The point of the statement the one who humbles himself will be exalted is humility and the reversal imagery used to underline it is common: Luke 1:52-53; 6:21; 10:15; 18:14.