42 Bible Verses about Being Humble

Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,

The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord
Are riches, honor and life.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,

Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.

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

Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.)

Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

When pride comes, then comes dishonor,
But with the humble is wisdom.

“Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him,
And tread down the wicked where they stand.

He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
But humility goes before honor.

Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit;

Seek the Lord,
All you humble of the earth
Who have carried out His ordinances;
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
Perhaps you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.

A man’s pride will bring him low,
But a humble spirit will obtain honor.

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

He leads the humble in justice,
And He teaches the humble His way.

The fear of the Lord is the instruction for wisdom,
And before honor comes humility.

It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly
Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

The afflicted also will increase their gladness in the Lord,
And the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.

Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews;

But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you.

You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

“But I will leave among you
A humble and lowly people,
And they will take refuge in the name of the Lord.

Then he said to me, “Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to your words.

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

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;

I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.

and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

“For My hand made all these things,
Thus all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.
“But to this one I will look,
To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

So the common man will be humbled and the man of importance abased,
The eyes of the proud also will be abased.

Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.

Say to the king and the queen mother,
“Take a lowly seat,
For your beautiful crown
Has come down from your head.”

For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning
Against everyone who is proud and lofty
And against everyone who is lifted up,
That he may be abased.

Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.

The pride of man will be humbled
And the loftiness of men will be abased;
And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,

The proud look of man will be abased
And the loftiness of man will be humbled,
And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.