18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Humility
• Justice and Mercy

• The Pharisee and Tax Collector

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

• 1Cor 6:11 — And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
• 1Pet 5:5 — Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
• 1Pet 5:6 — Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
• 1Sam 1:18 — And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
• 2Chr 33:12 — And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
• Acts 13:39 — And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
• Dan 4:37 — Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
• Dan 5:20 — But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
• Deut 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep
• Eccl 9:7 — Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
• Exod 18:11 — Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
• Gal 2:16 — Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the
• Hab 2:4 — Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
• Hab 2:4 — Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
• Isa 2:11 — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isa 40:4 — Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
• Isa 45:25 — In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
• Isa 53:11 — He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
• Isa 57:15 — For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of t
• Jas 2:21 — Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
• Jas 4:6 — But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
• Jas 4:6 — But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
• Jas 4:10 — Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
• Jas 4:10 — Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
• Job 9:20 — If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
• Job 22:29 — When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
• Job 25:4 — How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
• Job 40:9 — Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
• John 9:41 — Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
• 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 5:24 — But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
• Luke 7:47 — Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
• Luke 10:29 — But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
• Luke 14:11 — For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• Luke 14:11 — For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• Luke 16:15 — And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
• Mark 9:35 — And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
• Mark 10:43 — But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
• Matt 5:3 — Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.