36 Bible Verses about humbleness
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Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender feelings of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,
(Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all the men on the face of the earth.)
with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, 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 I will hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
minding the same thing toward one another, not minding high things, but yielding to the lowly. Do not be wise within yourselves.
And whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he who shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Take My yoke on you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest to your souls.
Before shattering, the heart of man is proud, and before honor is humility.
And you shall remember all the way which Jehovah your God led you these forty years in the wilderness in order to humble you, to prove you, to know what is in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Therefore whoever shall humble himself like this little child, this one is the greater in the kingdom of Heaven.
My son, do this now, and deliver yourself when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself and make your friend sure.
I will also leave in your midst a poor and weak people, and they shall trust in the name of Jehovah.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, 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 He gives grace to the humble.
But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the overflowing of peace.
The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.
Seek Jehovah, all the meek of the earth who have done His justice; seek righteousness; seek meekness. It may be you shall be hidden in the day of Jehovah's anger.
My soul shall make its boast in Jehovah; the humble shall hear and be glad.
Say to the king and to the queen mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your greatness shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
Then he said to me, Do not fear, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and to chasten yourself before your God, your words were heard. And I have come for your words.
And finally, all be of one mind, having compassion on one another, loving the brothers, tenderhearted, friendly.
Who is wise and knowing among you? Let him show his works by his good conduct with meekness of wisdom.
It is better to be of an 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 like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast and a day pleasing to Jehovah?
For Jehovah takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the meek with salvation.
Do you see 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 I will bring the evil on his house.
Therefore be humbled under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time,
Therefore putting aside all filthiness and overflowing of evil, receive in meekness the implanted Word, which is able to save your souls.
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Humbleness » The humble
A man's pride shall bring him low; but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
And whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he who shall humble himself shall be exalted.
For whoever exalts himself shall be abased, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
And He spoke this parable to certain ones 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 within himself in this way: God, I thank You that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector. read more.
I fast twice on the Sabbath, I give tithes of all that I possess. And standing afar off, the tax-collector would not even lift up his eyes to Heaven, but struck on 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 who exalts himself shall be abased, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
For so says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity; whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, even with the 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 wilfulness and the wilfulness of their fathers, with their sin which they sinned against Me, and that also they have walked contrary to Me, I also will walk contrary to them and will bring them into the land of their enemies. If then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, and they then pay for their iniquity, then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham I will remember. And I will remember the land. read more.
The land also shall be forsaken by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, while it lies waste without them. And they shall accept the punishment of their iniquities; because, even because they despised My judgments, and because their soul hated 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 hate them, to destroy them utterly and to break My covenant with them. For I am Jehovah 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 heathen, so that I might be their God. I am Jehovah.
And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to Myself for a house of sacrifice. If I shut up the heavens, and there is no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send a plague 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 humbled under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time,
Humbleness » What shall be humbled
Behold, the day of Jehovah comes, cruel and with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land waste; and He shall destroy its sinners out of it. For the stars of the heavens and their constellations shall not give light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not reflect its light. And I will visit evil on the world, and their iniquity on the wicked. And I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the pride of tyrants.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the pride of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of Jehovah of Hosts shall be on every proud and lofty one, and on every lifted up one; and he shall be brought low,
Humbleness » Humbling yourself before the lord
Therefore be humbled under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time,
Humbleness » Jesus Christ humbling himself
For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Himself 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
It is better to be of an humble spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud.
