36 Bible Verses about humbleness
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Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.)
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.
And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and plead with your friend.
I will also leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.
But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility.
Seek you the LORD, all you meek of the earth, who have kept his commands; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you shall be hidden in the day of the LORD'S anger.
My soul shall make its boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end should greatly increase.
Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your rule shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that you did set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come because of your words.
Finally, be all of one mind, having compassion one with another, love as brethren, be tender hearted, be courteous:
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good life his works with meekness of wisdom.
Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
See you how Ahab humbles himself before me? because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Therefore put away all filthiness and extreme wickedness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
From Thematic Bible
Humbleness » The humble
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
For whosoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
And he spoke this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. read more.
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for everyone that exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
For thus says the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Humbleness » The reward for humbling yourself
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity: Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. read more.
The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, while it lies desolate without them: and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God. But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for myself for a house of sacrifice. If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Humbleness » What shall be humbled
Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy its sinners out of it. For the stars of heaven and its constellations shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine. And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the ruthless.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the LORD of hosts shall come upon everyone that is proud and lofty, and upon everyone that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
Humbleness » Humbling yourself before the lord
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Humbleness » Jesus Christ humbling himself
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not a thing to be grasped to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: read more.
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Humbleness » Being of a humble spirit
Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
