Luke 14:11

American Standard Version

For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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Luke 14:11 in other translations

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

Luke 14:11 · World English Bible

Luke 14:11 in context

  1. 9and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.
  2. 10But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.
  3. 11For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
  4. 12And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.
  5. 13But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: