'Humble' in the Bible

Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

“This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you;

It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute.

“On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and present an offering by fire to the Lord.

If there is any person who will not humble himself on this same day, he shall be cut off from his people.

It is to be a sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall humble your souls; on the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until evening you shall keep your sabbath.”

(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.)

‘Then on the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall humble yourselves; you shall not do any work.

“Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may confirm it or her husband may annul it.

You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end.

I will be more lightly esteemed than this and will be humble in my own eyes, but with the maids of whom you have spoken, with them I will be distinguished.”

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Moreover, he did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done, but Amon multiplied guilt.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God; he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet who spoke for the Lord.

Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.

“When you are cast down, you will speak with confidence,And the humble person He will save.

“Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him,And tread down the wicked where they stand.

O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear

He leads the humble in justice,And He teaches the humble His way.

My soul will make its boast in the Lord;The humble will hear it and rejoice.

But the humble will inherit the landAnd will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.

The humble have seen it and are glad;You who seek God, let your heart revive.

When God arose to judgment,To save all the humble of the earth. Selah.

Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.

When pride comes, then comes dishonor,But with the humble is wisdom.

It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowlyThan to divide the spoil with the proud.

A man’s pride will bring him low,But a humble spirit will obtain honor.

folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.

“Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself?Is it for bowing one’s head like a reedAnd for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed?Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the Lord?

“For My hand made all these things,Thus all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.“But to this one I will look,To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”

“These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helplessAlso turn aside the way of the humble;And a man and his father resort to the same girlIn order to profane My holy name.

Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land,

Seek the Lord,All you humble of the earthWho have carried out His ordinances;Seek righteousness, seek humility.Perhaps you will be hiddenIn the day of the Lord’s anger.

“But I will leave among youA humble and lowly people,And they will take refuge in the name of the Lord.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!Behold, your king is coming to you;He is just and endowed with salvation,Humble, and mounted on a donkey,Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

“For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave;For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed.

“He has brought down rulers from their thrones,And has exalted those who were humble.

who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.

I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.

But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit;

You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,