22 Bible Verses about Humility

Let the same mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

For which is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at table? but I am among you as one that serveth.

Yet He emptied himself, assuming the form of a servant, when made in the likeness of men:

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they, who are persecuted for righteousness sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Likewise ye younger, be subject to the elder; and all of you behaving with due submission one to another, be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, but sheweth favor to the humble.

Let the same mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

But when thou art invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, that, when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then wilt thou have honor before them that sit at table with thee:

For by the grace conferred on me I charge every one among you, not to think of himself above what he ought to think: but to think with sobriety, according as God hath divided to every man the measure of faith.

Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven:

and then pouring water into a bason, began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded.

Take but my yoke upon you, and learn of me, (for I am meek and lowly in heart,) and ye shall find refreshment to your souls:

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye by his poverty might be rich.

and being in the human state, He humbled himself, and was obedient even unto death, and that the death of the cross.

Let no one deprive you of your reward by an affected humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into what he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his carnal mind;

which things indeed have a pretence to wisdom in voluntary worship, and humiliation, and bodily penance, as having no regard to the satisfying of the flesh.

Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven:

it shall not be so among you; but whosoever would be great among you, let him be your minister, and whoever would be chief among you, let him be your servant: as the Son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.

Take but my yoke upon you, and learn of me, (for I am meek and lowly in heart,) and ye shall find refreshment to your souls:

If I then your Lord and Master have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you.

No, He giveth more grace: wherefore it is said, God resisteth the proud, but sheweth favor to the humble.

yet the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.

that cometh after me, but is preferred before me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.

for whosoever exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for whoever exalteth himself shall be abased, but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

And when I saw Him, I fell at his feet as dead; and He laid his right hand upon me, and said to me, "Fear not,

I therefore, a prisoner for the sake of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all humility and meekness; and with long-suffering forbear one another in love,

Put on therefore, as the elect of God holy and beloved, bowels of mercy, benignity, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;

John answered and said to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but a mightier than I is coming, whose shoes I am not worthy to untie: He will baptize you with the holy Spirit, and with fire;

saying, There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop and unloose.

The elders that are among you I exhort, who am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed; feed the flock of God that is among you,

he fell at the knees of Jesus, saying, Lord, depart from me, for I am a sinful man;

It is a truth highly to be believed, and worthy to be received by all, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners:---of whom I am one of the chief.

And great multitudes came to Him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others; and laid them at the feet of Jesus, and He healed them.

Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

yet the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.

Salute Andronicus and Junias my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are men of note among the apostles, and who were in Christ before me.

that is to say, that being among you we may be comforted together by the faith of each, both yours and mine.

And behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jairus; and as soon as he saw Him, he fell at his feet, and earnestly intreated Him, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death, I beseech thee that thou wouldst come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live.

And behold a woman in the city, that was a sinner, when she knew that He was at table in the pharisee's house, brought an alabaster-box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind Him, weeping, and washed his feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

and Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the fowls of heaven their nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

I have need to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?

I have need to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?

Likewise ye younger, be subject to the elder; and all of you behaving with due submission one to another, be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, but sheweth favor to the humble.

But the centurion answering said, Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst come under my roof, but speak the word, and my servant will be healed:

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the feet of Jesus, attending to his discourse.

Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw Him, fell down at his feet, saying unto Him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

Be humbled before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and trials which befel me by the ambushes of the Jews.

I will rise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee,

But the publican standing at a distance did not presume so much as to lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O God, be merciful to me a sinner.

whose child was possessed by an evil spirit, having heard of Him, came and fell at his feet,

and the people went out to see what was done, and came to Jesus; and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind:

and then pouring water into a bason, began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded.

he fell at the knees of Jesus, saying, Lord, depart from me, for I am a sinful man;

Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou hast done well that thou art come. And now we are all here present before God, to hear all the things which God hath charged thee with to us.

and whence is this honor to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

I John, who am also your brother, and companion in the affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island called Patmos, for the sake of the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

saying, There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop and unloose.

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou? he confessed, and denied not; but declared openly, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? art thou Elias? And he said, I am not. Art thou a prophet? and he answered, No. read more.
Therefore said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us: What dost thou say of thy self? and he said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord," according to Esaias the prophet.

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they, who are persecuted for righteousness sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Be grieved, and mourn, and weep: let your mirth be turned into mourning, and your joy to sadness. Be humbled before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they, who are persecuted for righteousness sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.