Bible Verses About Humility
Verses about lowliness of heart, serving others, and walking humbly before God.
Humility is one of the most misunderstood virtues — it is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less. These Bible verses on humility show us that the path to greatness in God's kingdom runs downward. Jesus washed feet. Paul counted everything as loss. The prophets called God's people to walk humbly with their God. In a culture obsessed with self-promotion, these scriptures offer a different way: the way of surrender, service, and trust that God exalts those who bow before Him.
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”
Micah 6:8
More Verses for Humility
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”
Philippians 2:3
“By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.”
Proverbs 22:4
“And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”
Matthew 23:12
“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”
James 4:10
“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:”
1 Peter 5:6
“When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.”
Proverbs 11:2
“If my people, which 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.”
2 Chronicles 7:14
“But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.”
Matthew 6:3-4
“But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:26-28
“Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.”
1 Peter 5:2-3
“For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:45
“Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.”
Proverbs 30:8-9
“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:29-30
“Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.”
Galatians 5:26
“Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.”
Matthew 6:16-18
“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;”
1 Timothy 6:17
“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:”
1 Peter 3:15
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
Proverbs 16:18
“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”
James 4:6
“A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.”
Proverbs 29:23
“Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.”
Daniel 4:37
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
James 4:7
“And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;”
2 Corinthians 3:4-5
“And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.”
Deuteronomy 8:3
“But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face.”
Matthew 6:17
“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:5
“The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.”
Psalm 25:9
“And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”
Matthew 19:24
“And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”
Philippians 2:8
“My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction.”
Proverbs 3:11
“Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”
Galatians 5:23
“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.”
Matthew 5:5
“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels.”
Proverbs 1:5
“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”
Ephesians 5:21
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