23 Bible Verses about Humility, Examples Of

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Genesis 18:27

And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:

Genesis 32:10

I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.

Exodus 4:10

And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua, in great grief, went down on the earth before the ark of the Lord till the evening, and all the chiefs of Israel with him, and they put dust on their heads.

Judges 6:15

And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

2 Chronicles 32:26

But then, Hezekiah, in sorrow for what he had done, put away his pride; and he and all Jerusalem made themselves low, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come on them in Hezekiah's life-time.

2 Chronicles 33:12

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

2 Chronicles 34:27

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.

Job 40:4

Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.

Matthew 3:14

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

Matthew 8:8

And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

Matthew 15:27

But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table.

Luke 1:43

How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me?

John 13:14-15

If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean. I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.

Philippians 2:5-8

Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus, To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God; But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;read more.
And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.

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Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » King david

1 Samuel 18:18

And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king?

Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » King saul

1 Samuel 9:21

And Saul said, Am I not a man of Benjamin, the smallest of all the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of the families of Benjamin? why then do you say these words to me?

Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » Jeremiah

Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » John the baptist

Matthew 3:14

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » moses

Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » King solomon

1 Kings 3:7

And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.

Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » gideon

Judges 6:15

And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » Isaiah

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