42 Bible Verses about Being Humble

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the due time;

The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;

And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted.

Have the same respect one for another, not minding high things, but going along with the lowly: be not wise in your own eyes:

But the man Moses was very meek, above all men that were upon the face of the earth.

Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens;

When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.

Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:

He hath shewn thee, O man, what is good: and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; and before honour goeth humility.

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Finally, be all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;

Seek Jehovah, all ye meek of the land, who have performed his ordinance; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.

A man's pride bringeth him low; but the humble in spirit shall obtain honour.

But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.

The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way.

The fear of Jehovah is the discipline of wisdom, and before honour goeth humility.

Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the meek, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

and the meek shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the needy among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Who is wise and understanding among you; let him shew out of a good conversation his works in meekness of wisdom;

and having been found in figure as a man, humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, and that the death of the cross.

serving the Lord with all lowliness, and tears, and temptations, which happened to me through the plots of the Jews;

But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls;

And I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of Jehovah.

And he said unto me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come because of thy words.

and my people, who are called by my name, humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

let nothing be in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;

I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am initiated both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer privation.

and the rich in his humiliation, because as the grass's flower he will pass away.

Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word.

And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low;

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.

Say unto the king and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down low; for from your heads shall come down the crown of your magnificence.

For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon everything proud and lofty, and upon everything lifted up, and it shall be brought low;

Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day:

The lofty eyes of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.