8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Humility
• Joy

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 1:26 — For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
• 1John 3:1 — Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
• 1Pet 1:6 — Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
• 1Pet 5:6 — Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
• 1Sam 2:7 — The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
• 1Tim 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
• 2Cor 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• 2Cor 10:17 — But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
• Deut 15:11 — For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
• Hab 3:18 — Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
• Isa 29:19 — The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
• Jas 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• Jas 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• Jer 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
• Jonah 3:6 — For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
• Luke 1:52 — He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
• Luke 1:52 — He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
• Luke 6:20 — And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
• Luke 16:20 — And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
• Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
• Matt 19:23 — Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
• Prov 18:23 — The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
• Prov 19:1 — Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
• Ps 49:2 — Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
• Ps 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
• Ps 86:1 — Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
• Ps 113:7 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
• Rev 2:9 — I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.