42 Bible Verses about Being Humble

Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand

The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life.

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

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

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

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

Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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

Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!

He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.

Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.

Seek the Lord's favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the Lord's angry judgment.

A person's pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble."

May he show the humble what is right! May he teach the humble his way!

The fear of the Lord provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.

It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.

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 the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.

But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you, 'Friend, move up here to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.

Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the Lord's presence.

Then he said to me, "Don't be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.

I have experienced times of need and times of abundance. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment, whether I go satisfied or hungry, have plenty or nothing.

But the rich person's pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

My hand made them; that is how they came to be," says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

The Lord told me, "Tell the king and the queen mother, 'Surrender your thrones, for your glorious crowns will be removed from your heads.

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud -- they will be humiliated;

So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.