Bible Verses AboutHumility
Bible verses about Humility
Dive into the heart of humility, a cornerstone of spiritual growth illuminated throughout scripture. These verses offer a pathway to understanding God's grace and our relationship with Him and others. Embrace the wisdom found within these passages, allowing them to shape your perspective and actions. True humility isn't weakness, but strength under divine guidance, fostering empathy, compassion, and a genuine connection to the world around us. By exploring these teachings, we can cultivate a spirit of selfless service and find profound joy in surrendering our ego to God's will. Let these words be a guide on your journey to a more humble and fulfilling life.
Most Helpful Verses
Begin with these carefully selected verses that address this topic most directly.
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame.
So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
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The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame.
So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?
And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the Lord’s tribute was thirty and two persons.
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord’s passover.
And the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s: it is holy unto the Lord.
And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.
As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.
And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord.
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire.
Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:
The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the Lord.
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem.
Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die.
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
Which the Lord commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.
As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
And Adoni–bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord.
And I besought the Lord at that time, saying,
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.
And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord.
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments.
But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.
But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee.
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the Lord, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:
And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.
And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.
And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the Lord your God.
And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord: it is most holy.
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the Lord’s tribute was thirty and two persons.
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord,
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord.
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.
Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God?
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
And Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the Lord commanded Moses.
And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord:
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
Reflection
Contemplating Humility
In essence, these verses paint a powerful picture: humility isn't weakness, but strength. It's not self-deprecation, but rather an honest assessment of oneself in relation to God and others. Through embracing humility, we open ourselves to God's grace, guidance, and provision. These scriptures encourage us to reflect on our attitudes and actions, questioning where pride might be subtly influencing our choices. Let these verses serve as a continual reminder to cultivate a spirit of humility in all aspects of life—our relationships, work, and personal aspirations. As we actively pursue humility, we invite God to elevate us in His timing and according to His purpose, ultimately leading to a more fulfilling and Christ-centered existence. Strive to embody the meekness and lowliness of heart exemplified by Jesus Himself.
May these verses about humility bring wisdom and guidance to your spiritual journey
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