humbling yourself
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14and if my people, over whom my name has been invoked, being converted, will have petitioned me and sought my face, and will have done penance for their wicked ways, then I will heed them from heaven, and I will forgive their sins, and I will heal their land.
6But he gives a greater grace. Therefore he says: “God resists the arrogant, but he gives grace to the humble.”
6And so, be humbled under the powerful hand of God, so that he may exalt you in the time of visitation.
12But whoever has exalted himself, shall be humbled. And whoever has humbled himself, shall be exalted.
10Be humbled in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
8I will reveal to you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires from you, and how to act with judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk carefully with your God.
6But without faith, it is impossible to please God. For whoever approaches God must believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who seek him.
34He will ridicule those who ridicule, but he will bestow grace upon the mild.
6Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
2Wherever arrogance may be, there too is insult. But wherever humility is, there too is wisdom.
8For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God. 9And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.
1James, servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes of the dispersion, greetings. 2My brothers, when you have fallen into various trials, consider everything a joy, 3knowing that the proving of your faith exercises patience, 4and patience brings a work to perfection, so that you may be perfect and whole, deficient in nothing. 5But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him. 6But he should ask with faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave on the ocean, which is moved about by the wind and carried away;