42 Bible Verses about Being Humble

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.

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

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life.

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

And whoever shall exalt himself, shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted.

For whoever exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Be of the same mind one towards another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.)

Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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

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

He hath shown thee, O man, what is good; and what the LORD doth require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.

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

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, who have performed his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

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

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom: and before honor is humility.

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

The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show by a good deportment his works with meekness of wisdom.

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient to death, even the death of the cross.

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

But when thou art invited, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honor in the presence of them that sit at table with thee.

And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldst 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.

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

Then said he to me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

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

Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

For all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be abased.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

And the loftiness of man shall be abased, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be abased, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.