50 Bible Verses about Humility
In today’s fast-paced world, where everyone seems to be chasing after success and recognition, it’s easy to forget about something called humility. But did you know that the Bible, the book of teachings for Christians, talks a lot about being humble? Humility might sound like a big word, but it’s actually about being down-to-earth, kind, and not thinking too highly of yourself.
In this article, we’re going to explore 50 special parts of the Bible that talk about humility. These verses are like little pieces of advice that can help us be better people. They show us that being humble is not a weakness, but a strength that can help us grow closer to God and be better friends to those around us. So, let’s take a journey through these verses and discover how embracing humility can make our lives more meaningful and full of love.
Bible Verses about Humility
Proverbs 11:2
“When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.”
James 4:6
“But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.'”
Philippians 2:3
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.”
Matthew 23:12
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Colossians 3:12
“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.”
Micah 6:8
“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 5:5-6
“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.”
Romans 12:3
“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.”
Luke 14:11
“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Ephesians 4:2
“With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.”
Proverbs 16:18
“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”
Psalm 149:4
“For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.”
Matthew 5:5
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”
James 3:13
“Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.”
Colossians 2:18
“Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind.”
2 Chronicles 7:14
“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.”
Romans 11:20
“That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear.”
Galatians 6:3
“For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.”
Isaiah 66:2
“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.”
Proverbs 18:12
“Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.”
James 1:21
“Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.”
Zechariah 9:9
“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.”
Numbers 12:3
“Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.”
1 Corinthians 4:7
“For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?”
Zephaniah 2:3
“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.”
Romans 12:16
“Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.”
Psalm 25:9
“He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.”
Jeremiah 9:23-24
“Thus says the Lord: ‘Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.'”
Ephesians 4:1-2
“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.”
1 Peter 3:8
“Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.”
Matthew 18:4
“Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
Isaiah 57:15
“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.'”
Proverbs 29:23
“One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.”
Matthew 11:29
“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 4:12-13
“I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”
Psalm 34:18
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.”
Matthew 5:3
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Proverbs 22:4
“The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.”
1 Corinthians 1:27-28
“But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are.”
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
“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.”
Psalm 138:6
“For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.”
Luke 18:14
“I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
1 Peter 3:4
“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.”
Psalm 147:6
“The Lord lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked to the ground.”
Matthew 20:26-28
“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, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Romans 12:10
“Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.”
Proverbs 27:2
“Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.”
Isaiah 2:11
“The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.”
Romans 15:1
“We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”
Psalm 18:27
“For you save humble people, but the haughty eyes bring you down.”
