43 Bible Verses about Inferiority

And he said to him, O, my Lord, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

And I was with you in weakness and in fear, and in much trembling.

And Saul's servants spoke these words in the ears of David. And David said, Is it a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and of little worth?

Oh our God, hear, for we are despised. And turn their curse upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity.

For they all were alarmers of us, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work so that it may not be done. And now, O God, make my hands strong.

Have mercy on me, O Jehovah, for I am in trouble; my eye has become old with grief, my soul and my belly. For my life is ending with grief, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones have wasted away.

But I am poor and needy; make haste to me, O God; You are my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, wait no longer!

Oh let not the ill-treated ones return ashamed; let the poor and needy praise Your name.

A Prayer of David. Bow down Your ear, O Jehovah, hear me; for I am poor and needy.

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

DALETH: My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to Your Word.

The highways lie waste, the traveler ceases. He has broken the covenant. He has despised the cities. He cared for no man.

Is this man Coniah a despised broken jar? Is he a vessel in which there is no pleasure? Why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they do not know?

All her people sigh; they seek bread. They have given their desirable things for food to relieve the soul. See, O Jehovah, and look on me, for I have become vile.

Therefore I have also made you despised and low before all the people, just as you have not kept My ways but are lifting up faces in the law.

Then I said, Woe is me! For I am undone; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.

Blessed are the poor in spirit! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

And seeing, Simon Peter fell at the knees of Jesus, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.

And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said to David, Jehovah also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

Therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Jehovah, do not rebuke me in Your wrath; neither chasten me in Your fury. For Your arrows stick fast in me, and Your hand presses heavily on me. There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your anger; nor rest in my bones because of my sin.read more.
For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. My wounds have putrefied and rotted, because of my foolishness. I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. For my loins are filled with a burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh. I am feeble and painfully broken; I have roared because of the groanings of my heart. My Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You. My heart pants; my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me. My lovers and my friends stand apart from my plague; and my neighbors stand far off. And those who seek my life lay snares for me; and those who seek my hurt speak sly things, and utter deceits all the day long. But like a deaf one, I do not hear; and I am like a dumb one who opens not his mouth. And I am as a man who hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. For in You, O Jehovah, do I hope; You will hear, O Jehovah my God. For I said, Hear me, lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me. For I am ready to fall, and my pain is always before me. For I will declare my iniquity; I am anxious from my sin. And my enemies are lively; they are strong; and my haters increase by deception. And those who give evil for good oppose me, because I follow good. Forsake me not, O Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me. Make haste to help me, O my LORD, my salvation.

For I confess my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done evil in Your sight; that You might be justified when You speak, and be clear when You judge. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying to me, Do not fear, I am the First and the Last,

Because you say, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,

But now Jehovah has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be abased with all that great host and the remnant few; small, not mighty.

For lo, I will make you small among the nations, despised among men.

It shall be the lowest of the kingdoms, and shall no more exalt itself above the nations. For I will make them so few, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

But I have understanding as well as you; I do not fall short of you; yes, who does not know such things as these?

Let no one despise your youth, but be an example of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

What you know, I know also; I do not fall short of you.

The disciple is not above his master, but everyone who is perfect shall be like his master.

A disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

Truly, truly, I say to you, A servant is not greater than his master, neither is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.

Remember the word that I said to you, The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept My saying, they will also keep yours.

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

This grace is given to me (who am less than the least of all saints) to preach the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ among the nations,

And He said to them, Whoever shall receive this child in My name receives Me. And whoever shall receive Me receives Him who sent Me. For he who is least among you all, he shall be great.

Truly I say to you, Among those who have been born of women there has not risen a greater one than John the Baptist. But the least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

For I say to you, Among those who are born of woman there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist. But he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

Therefore whoever shall relax one of these commandments, the least, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of Heaven. But whoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of Heaven.

Faithful is the Word and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. But for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, as a pattern to those being about to believe on Him to life everlasting.

And after you shall arise another kingdom lower than you, and another third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.