43 Bible Verses about Inferiority

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 I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by men and despised by people.

I came to you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

Saul’s servants reported these words directly to David, but he replied, “Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law? I am a poor man who is common.”

Listen, our God, for we are despised. Make their insults return on their own heads and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.

For they were all trying to intimidate us, saying, “They will become discouraged in the work, and it will never be finished.”

But now, my God, strengthen me.

Be gracious to me, Lord,
because I am in distress;
my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow—
my whole being as well.
Indeed, my life is consumed with grief
and my years with groaning;
my strength has failed
because of my sinfulness,
and my bones waste away.

I am afflicted and needy;
hurry to me, God.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Lord, do not delay.

Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;
let the poor and needy praise Your name.

A Davidic prayer.Listen, Lord, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.

For I am afflicted and needy;
my heart is wounded within me.

ד DaletMy life is down in the dust;
give me life through Your word.

The highways are deserted;
travel has ceased.
An agreement has been broken,
cities despised,
and human life disregarded.

Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered pot,
a jar no one wants?
Why are he and his descendants hurled out
and cast into a land they have not known?

כ KafAll her people groan
while they search for bread.
They have traded their precious belongings for food
in order to stay alive.
Lord, look and see
how I have become despised.

“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people because you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in your instruction.”

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.

“The poor in spirit are blessed,
for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

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

David responded to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

Then Nathan replied to David, “The Lord has taken away your sin; you will not die.

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

A Davidic psalm for remembrance.Lord, do not punish me in Your anger
or discipline me in Your wrath.
For Your arrows have sunk into me,
and Your hand has pressed down on me. There is no health in my body
because of Your indignation;
there is no strength in my bones
because of my sin.
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For my sins have flooded over my head;
they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.
My wounds are foul and festering
because of my foolishness.
I am bent over and brought low;
all day long I go around in mourning.
For my loins are full of burning pain,
and there is no health in my body.
I am faint and severely crushed;
I groan because of the anguish of my heart. Lord, my every desire is known to You;
my sighing is not hidden from You.
My heart races, my strength leaves me,
and even the light of my eyes has faded.
My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.
Those who seek my life set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long. I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.
I am like a speechless person
who does not open his mouth.
I am like a man who does not hear
and has no arguments in his mouth.
I put my hope in You, Lord;
You will answer, Lord my God.
For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me—
those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.”
For I am about to fall,
and my pain is constantly with me.
So I confess my guilt;
I am anxious because of my sin.
But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;
many hate me for no reason.
Those who repay evil for good
attack me for pursuing good. Lord, do not abandon me;
my God, do not be far from me.
Hurry to help me,
Lord, my Savior.

For I am conscious of my rebellion,
and my sin is always before me.
Against You—You alone—I have sinned
and done this evil in Your sight.
So You are right when You pass sentence;
You are blameless when You judge.
Indeed, I was guilty when I was born;
I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. He laid His right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last,

Because you say, ‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t know that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

And now the Lord says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, in spite of a very large population. And those who are left will be few and weak.”

Look, I will certainly make you insignificant among the nations,
despised among humanity.

Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small they cannot rule over the nations.

But I also have a mind;
I am not inferior to you.
Who doesn’t know the things you are talking about?

Let no one despise your youth; instead, you should be an example to the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Everything you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.

A disciple is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master.

“I assure you: A slave is not greater than his master, and a messenger is not greater than the one who sent him.

Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will also keep yours.

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,

He told them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me. For whoever is least among you—this one is great.”

“I assure you: Among those born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has appeared, but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John, but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them. But I received mercy for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate His extraordinary patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

“After you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours, and then another, a third kingdom, of bronze, which will rule the whole earth.