42 Bible Verses about Being Humble

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time,

The result of humility is fear of the Lord,
along with wealth, honor, and life.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, accepting one another in love,

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Be in agreement with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.

Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child—this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

When pride comes, disgrace follows,
but with humility comes wisdom.

Look on every proud person and humble him;
trample the wicked where they stand.

Mankind, He has told you what is good
and what it is the Lord requires of you:
to act justly,
to love faithfulness,
and to walk humbly with your God.

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud,
but humility comes before honor.

Pride comes before destruction,
and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

Now finally, all of you should be like-minded and sympathetic, should love believers, and be compassionate and humble,

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the earth,
who carry out what He commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you will be concealed
on the day of the Lord’s anger.

A person’s pride will humble him,
but a humble spirit will gain honor.

But He gives greater grace. Therefore He says:

God resists the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.

He leads the humble in what is right
and teaches them His way.

The fear of the Lord is what wisdom teaches,
and humility comes before honor.

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Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble
than to divide plunder with the proud.

The humble will have joy
after joy in the Lord,
and the poor people will rejoice
in the Holy One of Israel.

Who is wise and has understanding among you? He should show his works by good conduct with wisdom’s gentleness.

He humbled Himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross.

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

“But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ You will then be honored in the presence of all the other guests.

Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.

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.

I will leave
a meek and humble people among you,
and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

“Don’t be afraid, Daniel,” he said to me, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers.

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.

I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need.

but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

My hand made all these things,
and so they all came into being.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will look favorably on this kind of person:
one who is humble, submissive in spirit,
and trembles at My word.

Humanity is brought low, man is humbled,
and haughty eyes are humbled.

Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:
Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.

Say to the king and the queen mother:
Take a humble seat,
for your glorious crowns
have fallen from your heads.

For a day belonging to the Lord of Hosts is coming
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up—it will be humbled—

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you.

So human pride will be brought low,
and the loftiness of men will be humbled;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

Human pride will be humbled,
and the loftiness of men will be brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.