36 Bible Verses about humbleness
Most Relevant Verses
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon 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 will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Be of the same mind one towards another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
And whoever shall exalt himself, shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me: for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls.
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments, or not.
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom: and before honor is humility.
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, who have performed his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear of it and be glad.
Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
Then said he to me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show by a good deportment his works with meekness of wisdom.
Better it is to be of a 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 as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth 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.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
From Thematic Bible
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 that shall humble himself, shall be exalted.
For whoever exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
And he spoke this parable to certain 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 publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. read more.
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but smote upon 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 every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a 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 iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary to me; And that I also have walked contrary to them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts shall be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: Then will I 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 her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. And yet for all that, when they shall be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God. But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
And the 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 heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts 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 will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Humbleness » What shall be humbled
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he will destroy its sinners out of it. For the stars of heaven and its constellations shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish the world for their 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 humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be abased, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
Humbleness » Humbling yourself before the lord
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Humbleness » Jesus Christ humbling himself
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 him 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 to death, even the death of the cross.
Humbleness » Being of a humble spirit
Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
