1 Peter 5:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

1 Peter 5:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Luke 14:11
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Proverbs 29:23
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Matthew 23:12
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-7)

Having settled and explained the duty of the pastors or spiritual guides of the church, the apostle comes now to instruct the flock, I. How to behave themselves to their ministers and to one another. He calls them the younger, as being generally younger than their grave pastors, and to put them in mind of their inferiority, the term younger being used by our Saviour to signify an inferior, Luke 22…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

6. under the mighty hand--afflicting you (1Pe 3:15): “accept” His chastisements, and turn to Him that smiteth you. He depresses the proud and exalts the humble. in due time--Wait humbly and patiently for His own fit time. One oldest manuscript and Vulgate read, “In the season of visitation,” namely, His visitation in mercy.