43 Bible Verses about Inferiority

He said to him, "Excuse me, my lord. How will I deliver Israel? Look, my clan [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 humankind and despised by people.

And I came to you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling,

And Saul's servants spoke these words {to David privately}. But David said, "[Is] it insignificant {in your sight} to become the son-in-law of the king, [as] I am a poor and lightly esteemed man?"

Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn on their head and give them over to plunder in the land of captivity.

for all of them [sought] to frighten us, saying, "their hands will not do the work." And now, [God], strengthen my hands.

Be gracious [to] me, O Yahweh, because I have distress. My eye wastes away because of vexation, [along with] my soul and my {body}. For my life is at an end with sorrow, and my years with sighing. My strength stumbles because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.

But I [am] poor and needy; O God hasten to me. You [are] my help and my deliverer. O Yahweh, do not delay.

Do not let [the] oppressed turn back humiliated; let [the] poor and needy praise your name.

Incline, O Yahweh, your ear [and] answer me, because I [am] poor and needy.

for I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word.

Highways are deserted; [the] traveler [on the] road ceases. One breaks a treaty, he rejects [the] cities, he does not hold man in high regard.

[Is] this man Coniah a despised, shattered vessel? Or a vessel [in which] there is no delight? Why are he and his offspring thrown far, and cast away to the land that they do not know?"

All her people groan, they are searching for bread. They give their treasures for food, to bring back life. See, O Yahweh, and look, [how] I am despised.

"And in turn I have made you despised and humbled before all the people, inasmuch as you [are] not keeping my way, but are {favoring your own instruction}."

And I said, "Woe to me! For I am destroyed! For I [am] a man {of unclean lips}, and I [am] living among a people {of unclean lips}, for my eyes have seen the king, Yahweh of hosts!"

"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

And [when he] saw [it], Simon Peter fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, Lord, because I am {a sinful man}!"

Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh!" Nathan said to David, "Yahweh has also forgiven your sin; you shall not die.

Therefore I despise [myself] and repent in dust and ashes."

O Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger or chastise me in your wrath. For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has pressed down on me. There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation. There is no health in my bones because of my sin.read more.
For my iniquities have passed over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. My wounds start to stink; they rot because of my foolishness. I am bowed down; I am bent over greatly. All the day I go about mourning. For my loins are full [of] burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. I am faint and crushed greatly; I groan because of the roaring of my heart. O Lord, all my longing is before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you. My heart throbs violently, my strength leaves me; and the light of my eyes, that also is not with me. My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand afar off. Those who seek my life lay snares as well, and those intent on my harm speak threats. They also plot deceit all day. But as for me, like [the] deaf I cannot hear, and [I am] like [the] mute [who] cannot open his mouth. And [so] I am like a man who hears not, and in whose mouth there are no retorts. Rather for you I wait, O Yahweh. You will answer, O Lord my God. For I said, "[Help,] lest they rejoice over me, [lest] they boast against me when my foot slips." For I [am] ready to stumble, and my pain [is] before me continually. For my iniquity I confess; I am anxious because of my sin. And my enemies without cause are numerous, and those who hate me wrongfully are many. And those who repay evil in return for good accuse me in return for my pursuing good. Do not forsake me, O Yahweh. O my God, do not be far from me. Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation.

For {I myself know} my transgressions, and my sin [is] ever before me. Against you, only you, I have sinned and have done this evil in your eyes, so that you are correct when you speak, you are blameless when you judge. Behold, in iniquity I was born, and in sin my mother conceived me.

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead person, and he placed his right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,

Because you are saying, "I am rich, and have become rich, and I have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked,

But now Yahweh speaks, saying, "In three years, like [the] years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will become contemptible, with all of the great multitude, and [the] remnant [will be] a few, small, not strong.

"For look, I will make you small among the nations, despised by the humankind.

Of [all] the kingdoms it will be [the most] lowly, and it will not exalt itself again over the nations, and I will make them small [so as] not to rule over the nations.

{I also have insight} like you; I am not more inferior than you. And {who does not know things like these}?

Let no one look down on your youth, but be an example for the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

{What you know}, I myself also know-- I [am] not more inferior than you.

A disciple is not superior to [his] teacher, but everyone, [when he] is fully trained, will be like his teacher.

"A disciple is not superior to his teacher, nor a slave superior to his master.

Truly, truly I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

Remember the word that I said 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 keep yours also.

For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

To me, the least of all the saints, was given this grace: to proclaim the good news of the fathomless riches of Christ to the Gentiles,

and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For the one who is least among you all--this one is great."

Truly I say to you, among [those] born of women there has not arisen [one] greater than John the Baptist. But the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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

Therefore whoever abolishes one of the least of these commandments and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever keeps [them] and teaches [them], this person will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

The saying [is] trustworthy and worthy of all acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But because of this I was shown mercy, in order that in me foremost, Christ Jesus might demonstrate his total patience, for an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.

And after you another kingdom inferior to yours will arise, and another third [kingdom] of bronze that will rule over the whole earth.