28 Bible Verses about Humble Yourself

Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.

For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;

And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

If my people, on whom my name is named, make themselves low and come to me in prayer, searching for me and turning from their evil ways; then I will give ear from heaven, overlooking their sin, and will give life again to their land.

The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.

Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

Say to the king and to the queen-mother, Make yourselves low, be seated on the earth: for the crown of your glory has come down from your heads.

And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.

A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.

Even to this day their hearts are not broken, and they have no fear, and have not gone in the way of my law or of my rules which I gave to you and to your fathers.

The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.

And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority.

Have I given orders for such a day as this? a day for keeping yourselves from pleasure? is it only a question of the bent head, of putting on haircloth, and being seated in the dust? is this what seems to you a holy day, well-pleasing to the Lord?

Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.

Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?

Do you see how Ahab has made himself low before me? because he has made himself low before me, I will not send the evil in his life-time, but in his son's time I will send the evil on his family.

Then he said to me, Have no fear, Daniel; for from the first day when you gave your heart to getting wisdom and making yourself poor in spirit before your God, your words have come to his ears: and I have come because of your words.

And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this;

And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

Because your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before me, when you had word of what I said against this place and its people, that they would become a waste and a curse, and you gave signs of grief, weeping before me: truly, I have given ear to you, says the Lord.

Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.

Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.