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100 Bible Verses about Being Humble

1 Peter 5:6 ESV / 4,058 helpful votes

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

James 4:6 ESV / 3,888 helpful votes

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 3,847 helpful votes

If 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 and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

James 4:10 ESV / 3,541 helpful votes

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Proverbs 11:2 ESV / 3,355 helpful votes

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.

Micah 6:8 ESV / 3,006 helpful votes

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

1 Peter 5:5 ESV / 2,856 helpful votes

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Matthew 23:12 ESV / 2,844 helpful votes

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Philippians 2:3-11 ESV / 2,641 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. ...

Ephesians 4:2 ESV / 2,514 helpful votes

With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Proverbs 22:4 ESV / 2,464 helpful votes

The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 1,990 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Luke 18:9-14 ESV / 1,822 helpful votes

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ ...

Colossians 3:12 ESV / 1,819 helpful votes

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

Proverbs 16:18 ESV / 1,793 helpful votes

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

2 Corinthians 11:30 ESV / 1,787 helpful votes

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

Proverbs 29:23 ESV / 1,769 helpful votes

One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.

Proverbs 18:12 ESV / 1,761 helpful votes

Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.

Romans 12:16 ESV / 1,723 helpful votes

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.

Psalm 149:4 ESV / 1,680 helpful votes

For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 1,668 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Proverbs 15:33 ESV / 1,666 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

Psalm 25:9 ESV / 1,587 helpful votes

He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.

Luke 14:11 ESV / 1,581 helpful votes

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Proverbs 3:34 ESV / 1,577 helpful votes

Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he gives favor.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1,567 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Philippians 2:5 ESV / 1,438 helpful votes

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

Romans 12:3 ESV / 1,415 helpful votes

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

1 Peter 3:8 ESV / 1,383 helpful votes

Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

Matthew 11:29 ESV / 1,354 helpful votes

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Philippians 2:3-4 ESV / 1,312 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Philippians 2:5-8 ESV / 1,296 helpful votes

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 1,270 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

James 3:13 ESV / 1,269 helpful votes

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

Daniel 4:37 ESV / 1,236 helpful votes

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble.

Matthew 23:10-12 ESV / 1,192 helpful votes

Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Luke 18:9-20 ESV / 1,148 helpful votes

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ ...

Mark 10:45 ESV / 1,093 helpful votes

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Isaiah 66:2 ESV / 1,089 helpful votes

All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

Romans 12:1 ESV / 1,074 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

James 5:16 ESV / 1,064 helpful votes

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

1 Peter 5:5-6 ESV / 1,047 helpful votes

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

Matthew 11:29-30 ESV / 1,015 helpful votes

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

John 3:30 ESV / 1,005 helpful votes

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

Exodus 10:3 ESV / 1,000 helpful votes

So Moses and Aaron went in 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.

Proverbs 27:2 ESV / 987 helpful votes

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 958 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Deuteronomy 8:2 ESV / 951 helpful votes

And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

Isaiah 57:15 ESV / 937 helpful votes

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Deuteronomy 8:2-3 ESV / 930 helpful votes

And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Mark 9:35 ESV / 924 helpful votes

And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

2 Chronicles 12:7 ESV / 919 helpful votes

When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

1 Kings 21:29 ESV / 919 helpful votes

“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son's days I will bring the disaster upon his house.”

1 John 1:8 ESV / 891 helpful votes

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Philippians 2:7 ESV / 881 helpful votes

But emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 877 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

1 Samuel 2:7 ESV / 844 helpful votes

The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.

Philippians 2:8 ESV / 838 helpful votes

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Psalm 25:8-9 ESV / 824 helpful votes

Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.

Matthew 6:2 ESV / 818 helpful votes

“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Galatians 5:13 ESV / 815 helpful votes

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Matthew 18:4 ESV / 811 helpful votes

Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

2 Corinthians 8:9 ESV / 810 helpful votes

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

1 Corinthians 1:28-29 ESV / 804 helpful votes

God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.

Luke 9:48 ESV / 802 helpful votes

And said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great.”

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 794 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Proverbs 16:19 ESV / 763 helpful votes

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Numbers 12:3 ESV / 753 helpful votes

Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 740 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 730 helpful votes

Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.

Colossians 3:18-19 ESV / 729 helpful votes

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

Matthew 5:3 ESV / 694 helpful votes

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 693 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 ESV / 690 helpful votes

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Philippians 4:20 ESV / 647 helpful votes

To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

James 2:24 ESV / 642 helpful votes

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

Matthew 5:5 ESV / 620 helpful votes

“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Philippians 2:2 ESV / 609 helpful votes

Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.

John 3:16 ESV / 589 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 578 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Proverbs 16:18-19 ESV / 576 helpful votes

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Psalm 18:27 ESV / 573 helpful votes

For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.

Job 22:29 ESV / 571 helpful votes

For when they are humbled you say, ‘It is because of pride’; but he saves the lowly.

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 563 helpful votes

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

1 Peter 3:2 ESV / 554 helpful votes

When they see your respectful and pure conduct.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 534 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

James 1:9-10 ESV / 529 helpful votes

Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.

Colossians 3:12-13 ESV / 493 helpful votes

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

Zechariah 9:9 ESV / 466 helpful votes

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

1 Peter 5:3 ESV / 463 helpful votes

Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.

Matthew 3:8 ESV / 453 helpful votes

Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.

Zephaniah 2:3 ESV / 451 helpful votes

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 439 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Hebrews 11:7 ESV / 437 helpful votes

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Romans 10:13 ESV / 435 helpful votes

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

James 2:18 ESV / 429 helpful votes

But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

Micah 6:2 ESV / 423 helpful votes

Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the Lord has an indictment against his people, and he will contend with Israel.

Ephesians 4:1-3 ESV / 396 helpful votes

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Matthew 20:26-27 ESV / 392 helpful votes

It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,

Zechariah 9:1-17 ESV / 390 helpful votes

The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach and Damascus is its resting place. For the Lord has an eye on mankind and on all the tribes of Israel, and on Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise. Tyre has built herself a rampart and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud of the streets. But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions and strike down her power on the sea, and she shall be devoured by fire. Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid; Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish; Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded. The king shall perish from Gaza; Ashkelon shall be uninhabited; ...

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