36 Bible Verses about humbleness
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The reward of humility [is] the fear of Yahweh-- wealth and honor and life.
Therefore, as [the] chosen of God, holy and [dearly] loved, put on affection, compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience,
Now the man, Moses, [was] more humble than any other person on the face of the earth,
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,
[then if] my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and will pray and will seek my face and will turn from their evil ways, then I myself shall hear from the heavens and will forgive their sins and heal their land.
Think the same [thing] toward one another; {do not think arrogantly}, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise {in your own sight}.
And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
In the presence of destruction, the heart of a man will be haughty, but in the presence of honor, humble.
And you shall remember all [of] the way that Yahweh your God led you [during] these forty years in the desert in order to humble you and to test you to know what [is] in your heart, whether you would [diligently] keep his commandments or not.
Look at all [the] proud, humble them, and tread down [the] wicked {where they stand}.
Therefore whoever humbles himself like this child, this person is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven,
do this, then, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into {the palm of your neighbor's hand}: Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor.
And I will leave in your midst a people afflicted and poor, and they shall take refuge in the name of Yahweh.
[Do] nothing according to selfish ambition or according to empty conceit, but in humility considering one another better than yourselves,
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
But [the] afflicted will possess [the] land, and they will take pleasure in an abundance of peace.
Fear of Yahweh [is] the instruction of the wise, and before honor [comes] humility.
Seek Yahweh, all you afflicted of the land who have fulfilled his law; seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be concealed on the day of the anger of Yahweh.
"Say to the king and to the queen mother, '{Take a lower seat}, for {your beautiful crown} has come down from your head.'
And he said to me, "You must not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and to humble yourself {before} your God, your words were heard, and I [myself] have come because of your words.
And finally, all [of you be] harmonious, sympathetic, showing mutual affection, compassionate, humble,
He causes [the] humble to walk in justice, and teaches [the] humble his way.
Who [is] wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good behavior his works, with the humility of wisdom.
Better a lowly spirit with the poor than dividing the spoil with the proud.
Is [the] fast I choose like this, a day for humankind to humiliate {himself}? To bow his head like a reed, and {make} his bed [on] sackcloth and ashes; you call this a fast and a day of pleasure to Yahweh?
For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people; he glorifies [the] afflicted with salvation.
"Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring disaster in his days. I will bring the disaster on his house in the days of his son."
Before destruction [comes] pride, and before a fall, a haughty spirit.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the [right] time,
Therefore, putting aside all moral uncleanness and wicked excess, welcome with humility the implanted message which is able to save your souls.
From Thematic Bible
Humbleness » The humble
The pride of a person will bring him humiliation, and the lowly of spirit will obtain honor.
And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
And he also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and looked down on {everyone else}: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood [and] prayed these [things] with reference to himself: 'God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people--swindlers, unrighteous [people], adulterers, or even like this tax collector! read more.
I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all that I get.' But the tax collector, standing far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that one! For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
For thus says [the] high and lofty one who resides forever, and [whose] name [is] holy: "I reside [in] a high and holy place, and with [the] {contrite} and humble of spirit, to revive [the] spirit of [the] humble, and to revive [the] heart of [the] {contrite}.
Humbleness » The reward for humbling yourself
" 'But when they confess their guilt and the guilt of their ancestors in their infidelity that they displayed against me, and moreover that they went against me in hostility-- I myself also went against them in hostility, and I brought them into the land of their enemies--or [if] then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and then they pay for their guilt, I will remember my covenant [with] Jacob; and I will remember also my covenant [with] Isaac and also my covenant [with] Abraham, and I will remember the land. read more.
And the land shall be deserted by them, and it shall enjoy its Sabbaths in its being desolate from them, and they themselves must pay for their guilt, {simply because} they rejected my regulations, and their inner self abhorred my statutes. And {in spite of} this, {when they are} in the land of their enemies I will not reject them, and I will not abhor them to destroy them, to break my covenant with them, because I [am] Yahweh their God. And I will remember [the] first covenant for them--whom I brought out from the land of Egypt {in the sight of} the nations {to be their God}. I [am] Yahweh.'"
Then Yahweh appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. When I hold back the heavens so that there is not rain, and when I command the locust to devour the earth, and if I send disease among my people, [then if] my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and will pray and will seek my face and will turn from their evil ways, then I myself shall hear from the heavens and will forgive their sins and heal their land.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the [right] time,
Humbleness » What shall be humbled
Look! The day of Yahweh [is] coming, cruel and wrath and [the] burning [of] anger, to make the earth a desolation, and he will destroy its sinners from it. For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not flash forth their light; the sun will keep back when it comes out, and [the] moon will not cause its light to shine. And I will punish [the] world [for its] evil and [the] wicked [for] their iniquity. And I will put an end to [the] pride of [the] arrogant, and I will bring [the] haughtiness of tyrants low.
The {haughty eyes} of humanity will be brought low, and the pride of everyone will be humbled, and Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day. For [there is] a day for Yahweh of hosts against all of [the] proud and [the] lofty and against all that is lifted up and humble,
Humbleness » Humbling yourself before the lord
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the [right] time,
Humbleness » Jesus Christ humbling himself
Think this in yourselves which [was] also in Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal with God something to be grasped, but emptied himself [by] taking the form of a slave, [by] becoming in the likeness of people. And being found in appearance like a man, read more.
he humbled himself [by] becoming obedient to the point of death, that is, death on a cross.
Humbleness » Being of a humble spirit
Better a lowly spirit with the poor than dividing the spoil with the proud.
