11 Bible Verses about Smallness

Look at the ships also; though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!

For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and few are those who find it.

So he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you."

So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were scarcely able to secure the boat.

To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

And the nations raged, and your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, for rewarding your servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying those who destroy the earth."

And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to be given a mark on their right hand or the forehead,

And a voice came from the throne, saying, "Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, both small and great."

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Also another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.

And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, be in authority over ten cities.'