28 Bible Verses about Humble Yourself

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time,

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

The result of humility is fear of the Lord,
along with wealth, honor, and life.

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

Be in agreement with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child—this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Therefore, submit to God. But resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

Say to the king and the queen mother:
Take a humble seat,
for your glorious crowns
have fallen from your heads.

He humbled Himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross.

A person’s pride will humble him,
but a humble spirit will gain honor.

But He gives greater grace. Therefore He says:

God resists the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.

They have not become humble to this day, and they have not feared or followed My instruction or My statutes that I set before you and your ancestors.

The fear of the Lord is what wisdom teaches,
and humility comes before honor.

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Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “You must go back to your mistress and submit to her mistreatment.”

Will the fast I choose be like this:
A day for a person to deny himself,
to bow his head like a reed,
and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Will you call this a fast
and a day acceptable to the Lord?

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the earth,
who carry out what He commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you will be concealed
on the day of the Lord’s anger.

Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:
Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.

Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? I will not bring the disaster during his lifetime, because he has humbled himself before Me. I will bring the disaster on his house during his son’s lifetime.”

“Don’t be afraid, Daniel,” he said to me, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers.

“But you his successor, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.

Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I Myself have heard you—this is the Lord’s declaration—

submitting to one another
in the fear of Christ.

All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves.

“I assure you,” He said, “unless you are converted and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.