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1 Peter 5:6

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

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1 Peter 5:6 has 40 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 40 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to James 4:10 (92 votes) and Luke 14:11 (77 votes). 45 other verses point back to it. It links with 29 other books, from Genesis 16 to James 5.

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Which verses does 1 Peter 5:6 point to?

The 20 strongest of 40, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. James 4:1092 votes

    Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

  2. Luke 14:1177 votes

    For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

  3. Proverbs 29:2366 votes

    A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

  4. Matthew 23:1251 votes

    For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

  5. Luke 18:1438 votes

    I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

  6. 2 Chronicles 32:2637 votes

    Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.

  7. Luke 1:5237 votes

    He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.

  8. 2 Chronicles 12:1235 votes

    Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.

  9. 2 Chronicles 33:1231 votes

    And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

  10. Isaiah 40:423 votes

    Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.

  11. Jeremiah 44:1020 votes
  12. 2 Kings 22:1917 votes
  13. Psalm 75:1017 votes
  14. Isaiah 2:1117 votes
  15. 2 Chronicles 12:6–716 votes
  16. 1 Kings 21:2915 votes
  17. Isaiah 57:1515 votes

    For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

  18. Jeremiah 13:1814 votes
  19. Micah 6:814 votes
  20. Psalm 89:1313 votes

Which verses point to 1 Peter 5:6?

The 10 strongest of 45.