42 Bible Verses about Being Humble

be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

The end of humility is the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life.

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

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

because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

And the man Moses is very humble, more than any of the men who are on the face of the ground.

whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the greater in the reign of the heavens.

Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly is wisdom.

See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

He hath declared to thee, O man, what is good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except -- to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour is humility.

Before destruction is pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.'

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

Seek Jehovah, all ye humble of the land, Who His judgment have done, Seek ye righteousness, seek humility, It may be ye are hidden in a day of the anger of Jehovah.

The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, 'God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

He causeth the humble to tread in judgment, And teacheth the humble His way.

The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom, And before honour is humility!

Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.

And the humble have added joy in Jehovah, And the poor among men In the Holy One of Israel rejoice.

Who is wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,

and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death -- death even of a cross,

serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against me;

'But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which is in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.

take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,

And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah.

And he saith unto me: Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that thou didst give thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words have been heard, and I have come because of thy words.

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I -- I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --

I have known both to be abased, and I have known to abound; in everything and in all things I have been initiated, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;

And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of Jehovah! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.

And bowed down is the low, and humbled the high, And the eyes of the haughty become low,

Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low -- sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.

For a day is to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,

wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;

And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.