22 Bible Verses about Humility

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,

For which is greater, he that reclines at table, or he that serves? Is not he that reclines at table? But I am among you as one that serves.

but he divested himself by taking the form of a servant, and being made in the likeness of men:

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that are persecuted on account of righteousness; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Likewise, you younger, be in subjection to the older: do you all indeed be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,

But when you are invited, go and recline in the last place, that when he that invited you shall come, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher. Then you shall have honor in the presence of those who recline with you.

For I say, through the grace given to me, to every one that is among you, that he must not think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but that he be disposed to think modestly, as God has distributed to each a measure of faith.

Whoever, therefore, humbles himself as this little child, is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Then he poured water into a basin, and began to wash his disciples feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet, for your sakes, he became poor, that you, through his poverty, might become rich.

and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient even to death, the death, indeed, of the cross.

Let no one gain his purpose in depriving you of the palm by an affected humility and worship of angels, prying into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

and these have a show of wisdom in will-worship and affected humility and neglect of the body, and in no regard for the gratification of the flesh.

Whoever, therefore, humbles himself as this little child, is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

It shall not be so among you. But whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister. And whoever will be first among you, let him be your servant; even as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.

If, then, I, your Lord and your Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also may do as I have done for you.

But he gives more grace. "Wherefore he says: God sets himself against the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.

She replied: Yes, Lord; and yet thou canst help me; for the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.

He it is, who, though he comes after me, is now before me; the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose.

For every one that exalts himself shall Le humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

I say to you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For every one that exalts himself, shall be humbled; but he that humbles himself, shall be exalted.

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead; and he laid his right hand upon me, saying: Fear not, I am the First and the Last,

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called; with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love,

Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, a merciful disposition, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering:

John answered them all, saying: I indeed immerse you in water; but there comes One mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loose; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

and he preached, saying: There comes after me One mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

The elders that are among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and a sharer in the glory that is to be revealed.

And when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, and said: Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.

Assuredly true and worthy of all acceptation is this saying: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

And many multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deaf, the maimed, and many others; and laid them at the feet of Jesus, and he cured them;

Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas?

She replied: Yes, Lord; and yet thou canst help me; for the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.

Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are noted among the apostles, who, also, were in Christ before me.

that is, that I may both give and receive com fort, while I am among you, through our common faith.

And behold, there came one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jairus; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, and besought him earnestly, saying: My little daughter is at the point of death; come, lay thy hands on her, that she may be saved, and she will live.

And, behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she knew that he reclined at table in the house of the Pharisee, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood behind at his feet, weeping; and she began to wash his feet with her tears; and she wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.

and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets: He shall be called a Nazarene.

And Jesus said to him: The foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have roosts; but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.

But John forbade him, saying: I have need to be immersed by thee, and comest thou to me?

But John forbade him, saying: I have need to be immersed by thee, and comest thou to me?

Likewise, you younger, be in subjection to the older: do you all indeed be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.

And the centurion answering, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; but say in a word only, and my servant shall be restored to health.

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the feet of Jesus, and heard his word.

Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

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

I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight,

And the publican, standing afar off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying: God, be merciful to me a sinner.

For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet;

And they came out to see what had been done; and they came to Jesus, and saw the man out of whom the demons had gone, clothed, and in his right mind, sitting at the feet of Jesus; and they were afraid.

Then he poured water into a basin, and began to wash his disciples feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

And when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, and said: Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.

Therefore, I immediately sent to you; and you have done well in coming. Now, there fore, we are all here present before God, to hear all things that are given in charge to you by God.

And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

I John, your brother and companion in the affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island called Patmos, on account of the word of God, and on account of the testimony of Jesus Christ.

and he preached, saying: There comes after me One mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who are you? And he confessed, and did not deny; and he confessed: I am not the Christ. And they asked him: What then? Are you Elijah? And he said: I am not. Are you the prophet? And he answered: No. read more.
They then said to him: Who are you? that we may give an answer to those who sent us; what say you of yourself? He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah.

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that are persecuted on account of righteousness; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to sorrow. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that are persecuted on account of righteousness; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.