Job 22:29
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Cross-references
Job 5:19-27, also from Eliphaz, expands on God delivering the humble from trouble.
Psalm 91:14-16 promises deliverance and honor to those who love God, closely matching the salvation of the humble.
Psalm 138:6 affirms that the high Lord regards the lowly but knows the proud afar off — a poetic parallel to saving the humble.
Proverbs 29:23 directly states that the lowly obtain honor, the proud are brought low — same teaching.
Isaiah 57:15 expands on God dwelling with the contrite and humble, reviving them — the same principle of lifting up the lowly.
Isaiah 66:2 says God looks to the one who is poor and contrite in spirit — directly echoing God's regard for the humble.
Ezekiel 21:26 commands to 'exalt him that is low and abase him that is high' — a direct statement of God's reversal of status.
Luke 1:52 in Mary's song declares God has put down the mighty and exalted the lowly — a direct New Testament parallel.
Luke 14:11 states that self-exaltation leads to abasement and humility to exaltation — a direct parallel to the promise of lifting up.
Luke 18:9-14 illustrates this truth through the parable of the Pharisee and tax collector, showing the humble justified and the proud humbled.
James 4:6 quotes 'God gives grace to the humble' — a New Testament echo of the same divine favor toward the lowly.
1 Peter 5:5 also quotes 'God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble,' applying the principle to Christian community.
Matthew 23:12 states the same principle: self-exaltation leads to humiliation, humility to exaltation — echoing Job 22:29.
Luke 18:14 repeats the same maxim about humility and exaltation, applied to the Pharisee and tax collector.
James 4:10 directly echoes the call to humility with the promise of exaltation — same teaching as Job 22:29.