I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins." So he said to the paralyzed man, "I tell you, get up, pick up your bed, and go home!"

At once the man got up in front of them all, took the bed he had been lying on, and went home, praising God.

I tell you, then, the great love she has shown proves that her many sins have been forgiven. But whoever has been forgiven little shows only a little love."

The others sitting at the table began to say to themselves, "Who is this, who even forgives sins?"

"May you always think kindly of me," she replied. Then she went away, ate some food, and was no longer sad.

Go ahead---eat your food and be happy; drink your wine and be cheerful. It's all right with God.

But the teacher of the Law wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"

Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who make yourselves look right in other people's sight, but God knows your hearts. For the things that are considered of great value by people are worth nothing in God's sight.

I am innocent and faithful, but my words sound guilty, and everything I say seems to condemn me.

Can anyone be righteous or pure in God's sight?

Don't put me, your servant, on trial; no one is innocent in your sight.

I, the LORD, will rescue all the descendants of Jacob, and they will give me praise.

After a life of suffering, he will again have joy; he will know that he did not suffer in vain. My devoted servant, with whom I am pleased, will bear the punishment of many and for his sake I will forgive them.

For no one is put right in God's sight by doing what the Law requires; what the Law does is to make us know that we have sinned.

But those who depend on faith, not on deeds, and who believe in the God who declares the guilty to be innocent, it is this faith that God takes into account in order to put them right with himself.

Now that we have been put right with God through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Who will accuse God's chosen people? God himself declares them not guilty!

Yet we know that a person is put right with God only through faith in Jesus Christ, never by doing what the Law requires. We, too, have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be put right with God through our faith in Christ, and not by doing what the Law requires. For no one is put right with God by doing what the Law requires.

How was our ancestor Abraham put right with God? It was through his actions, when he offered his son Isaac on the altar.

And the scripture came true that said, "Abraham believed God, and because of his faith God accepted him as righteous." And so Abraham was called God's friend.

It was the same with the prostitute Rahab. She was put right with God through her actions, by welcoming the Israelite spies and helping them to escape by a different road.

He has brought down mighty kings from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly.

For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods, because he did this when the Egyptians treated the Israelites with such contempt."

God brings down the proud and saves the humble.

Are you as strong as I am? Can your voice thunder as loud as mine?

Look at those who are proud; pour out your anger and humble them.

Bury them all in the ground; bind them in the world of the dead.

Even though you are so high above, you care for the lowly, and the proud cannot hide from you.

He has no use for conceited people, but shows favor to those who are humble.

Reverence for the LORD is an education in itself. You must be humble before you can ever receive honors.

Pride leads to destruction, and arrogance to downfall.

It is better to be humble and stay poor than to be one of the arrogant and get a share of their loot.

No one is respected unless he is humble; arrogant people are on the way to ruin.

Arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.

A day is coming when human pride will be ended and human arrogance destroyed. Then the LORD alone will be exalted.

He will destroy the tall cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks in the land of Bashan.

every high tower, and the walls of every fortress.

Human pride will be ended, and human arrogance will be destroyed. Idols will completely disappear, and the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.

"I am the high and holy God, who lives forever. I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and repentant, so that I can restore their confidence and hope.

"And now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, honor, and glorify the King of Heaven. Everything he does is right and just, and he can humble anyone who acts proudly."

And this is the message: 'Those who are evil will not survive, but those who are righteous will live because they are faithful to God.' "

"Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!

Whoever makes himself great will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be made great.

But the grace that God gives is even stronger. As the scripture says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

In the same way you younger people must submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you must put on the apron of humility, to serve one another; for the scripture says, "God resists the proud, but shows favor to the humble."

Humble yourselves, then, under God's mighty hand, so that he will lift you up in his own good time.