35 Bible Verses about humbleness
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Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, longsuffering,
Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.
with all humility and mildness, with longsuffering, forbearing each other 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 I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,
And he who will exalt himself will be made low, and he who will make himself low will be exalted.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye will find rest for your souls.
And thou shall remember all the way which LORD thy God has led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou would keep his commandments, or not.
He therefore who will make himself lowly as this child, this man is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens.
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou have come into the hand of thy neighbor. Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor.
But I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall take refuge in the name of LORD.
in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves.
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly.
But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Seek ye LORD, all ye meek of the earth who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness, seek meekness. It may be ye will be hid in the day of LORD's anger.
Say thou to the king and to the queen-mother: Humble yourselves. Sit down, for your coronets have come down, even the crown of your glory.
Then he said to me, Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that thou set thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard. And I have come for thy words' sake.
And finally, all be like-minded, sympathetic, brother-loving, compassionate, friendly,
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show from his good behavior his works in mildness of wisdom.
Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Is such the fast that I have chosen, the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to LORD?
See thou 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.
Therefore be lowered under the mighty hand of God, so that he may lift you up in time,
Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with mildness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
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Humbleness » The humble
A man's pride shall bring him low, but he who is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.
And he who will exalt himself will be made low, and he who will make himself low will be exalted.
Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.
And he also spoke this parable to some of those who were persuaded in themselves that they were righteous, and disdained other men. Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector. Having stood by himself, the Pharisee prayed these things: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, predatory, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. read more.
I fast twice per Sabbath. I tithe all things, as many as I acquire. But the tax collector, having stood from afar, would not even lift his eyes to the sky, but beat upon his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinful man. I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart o
Humbleness » The reward for humbling yourself
And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary to me, I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies. If then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity, then I will 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 lays desolate without them. And they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity, because, even because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abh And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them, for I am LORD their God, but for their sakes I will 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 LORD.
And LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust 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 I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Therefore be lowered under the mighty hand of God, so that he may lift you up in time,
Humbleness » What shall be humbled
Behold, the day of LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven and the constellations of it 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 the 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 terrible.
The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. For there shall be a day of LORD of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low,
Humbleness » Humbling yourself before the lord
Therefore be lowered under the mighty hand of God, so that he may lift you up in time,
Humbleness » Jesus Christ humbling himself
Indeed have this way to think in you, that also was in Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal to God something to seize and hold. But he emptied himself, having taken a form of a bondman, having become in a likeness of men. read more.
And having been found in a form like a man, he lowered himself, having become obedient until death, even of death from a cross.
Humbleness » Being of a humble spirit
Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
