28 Bible Verses about Humble Yourself

Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand

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

if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

The Lord told me, "Tell the king and the queen mother, 'Surrender your thrones, for your glorious crowns will be removed from your heads.

He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death -- even death on a cross!

A person's pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble."

To this day your people have shown no contrition! They have not revered me nor followed the laws and statutes I commanded you and your ancestors.'

The fear of the Lord provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.

Then the Lord's angel said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.

Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the Lord?

Seek the Lord's favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the Lord's angry judgment.

then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

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

"Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son."

Then he said to me, "Don't be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

"But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this.

Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,' says the Lord.

and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

and said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!