23 Bible Verses about Humility, Examples Of

Then Abraham answered, “Since I have ventured to speak to the Lord—even though I am dust and ashes—

I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two camps.

But Moses asked God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

But Moses replied to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent—either in the past or recently or since You have been speaking to Your servant—because I am slow and hesitant in speech.”

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell before the ark of the Lord with his face to the ground until evening, as did the elders of Israel; they all put dust on their heads.

He said to Him, “Please, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Look, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”

But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and we have given You only what comes from Your own hand.

Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart—he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem—so the Lord’s wrath didn’t come on them during Hezekiah’s lifetime.

When he was in distress, he sought the favor of Yahweh his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I Myself have heard’—this is the Lord’s declaration.

I am so insignificant. How can I answer You?
I place my hand over my mouth.

Therefore I take back my words
and repent in dust and ashes.

Then I said:

Woe is me for I am ruined
because I am a man of unclean lips
and live among a people of unclean lips,
and because my eyes have seen the King,
the Lord of Hosts.

But I protested, “Oh no, Lord, God! Look, I don’t know how to speak since I am only a youth.”

But John tried to stop Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and yet You come to me?”

“Lord,” the centurion replied, “I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But only say the word, and my servant will be cured.

“Yes, Lord,” she said, “yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table!”

How could this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!”

serving the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews—

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.

So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example that you also should do just as I have done for you.

Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God,
did not consider equality with God
as something to be used for His own advantage.
Instead He emptied Himself
by assuming the form of a slave,
taking on the likeness of men.
And when He had come as a man
in His external form,
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He humbled Himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross.