42 Bible Verses about Being Humble

Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.

For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;

The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.

Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.

Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.

He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.

Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:

Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.

A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.

He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.

The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.

Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.

And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel.

Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.

Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.

And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

But I will still have among you a quiet and poor people, and they will put their faith in the name of the Lord.

Then he said to me, Have no fear, Daniel; for from the first day when you gave your heart to getting wisdom and making yourself poor in spirit before your God, your words have come to his ears: and I have come because of your words.

If my people, on whom my name is named, make themselves low and come to me in prayer, searching for me and turning from their evil ways; then I will give ear from heaven, overlooking their sin, and will give life again to their land.

Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.

But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.

And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:

Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

Say to the king and to the queen-mother, Make yourselves low, be seated on the earth: for the crown of your glory has come down from your heads.

For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.

And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.