18 Bible Verses about Being Humble

humble your selves before the Lord, and he will raise you up.

submit yourselves therefore to the divine jurisdiction, that he may exalt you in due time.

with all humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another in love;

for whosoever exalts himself, shall be abased; and he that humbles himself, shall be exalted.

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

have the same respect for one another. let not your behaviour be haughty, but soften'd to the condition of those below you. be not wise in your own conceits.

he therefore who shall become as void of ambition as this child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of the Messiah.

In a word, live all of you in perfect agreement and sympathy, be full of fraternal love, compassion, and affability.

on the contrary, he heaps his favours upon you. wherefore 'tis said, "God defeats the proud, but is gracious to the humble."

Whoever is a skilful moralist, let him show by his virtuous conduct, that he practises the humble precepts of wisdom.

and his whole exterior showing nothing more than a meer man, he abased himself, and carried his submission so far as to die, even the death of the cross.

how I have serv'd the Lord with all resignation, with tears, and trials occasion'd by the insidious practices of the Jews:

but when you are invited, go place your self last; that he, who invited you, when he comes, may say to you, friend, go up higher: and that will do you honour before all the company at table.

take my yoke upon you, and learn to be meek like me, and of an humble temper: and ye shall enjoy tranquillity of mind.

Do nothing out of a spirit of contention, or for vain-glory, but modestly look upon others as if they were better than yourselves.

I know how to abound: every where, and in every circumstance, I have been prepar'd for fulness or famine, for plenty or penury:

let the rich be humbled by his instability: for he is as transitory as a flower in the field.

throw off then your vices as dregs and scum: and receive with docility that genuine doctrine, which is effectual to your salvation.