28 Bible Verses about Humble Yourself

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,

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

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.

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

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.

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

Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

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

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

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.”

But they have not become contrite even to this day, nor have they feared nor walked in My law or My statutes, which I have set before you and before your fathers.”’

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

Then the angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority.”

“Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it for bowing one’s head like a reed
And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed?
Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the Lord?

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.

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.

Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?

“Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days, but I will bring the evil upon his house in his son’s days.”

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.

Yet you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this,

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.

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you,” declares the Lord.

and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.

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.

and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.