Cross References → Genesis 33:3

When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. ... I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. ... just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.

And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.

then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.

If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

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

The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.