According to the Bible, humility in the sight of the Lord leads to salvation.
The Bible emphasizes its importance in our relationship with God and others.
The Bible teaches that humility is vital for receiving God’s grace, wisdom, and honor. It involves serving others, putting their needs before our own, and recognizing our need for Christ. Jesus exemplifies the ultimate humility by serving humanity and sacrificing His life for us.
The Bible verses about humility show you that the Scriptures have much to say about this biblical theme.
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Top 7 Bible verses about humility
The top seven Bible verses about humility emphasize the importance of humbleness in the sight of the Lord so that He can exalt you.
The best example of humility is Jesus, as seen in the first verse of the list below (and the last verses of this article). He “emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men,” (Philippians 2:7) and died an excruciatingly painful death on the cross for the whole of humanity.
Philippians 2:8 (ESV)
And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.
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.
James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time
James 4:6
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Matthew 23:12
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good.
What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly,
to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Short Bible verses about humility
The short Bible verses on humility are perfect for memorizing and use on the spot.
Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
2 Corinthians 11:30
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.
Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, then comes shame,
but with humility comes wisdom.
Psalm 25:9
He will guide the humble in justice.
He will teach the humble his way.
Bible verses about humbling yourself
Christianity has a hierarchy in which Christ is the highest good you must aim for. When you seek the Kingdom of God first, other things will follow from it.
Ephesians 4:1-2
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love
Proverbs 29:23
A man’s pride brings him low,
but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
Proverbs 27:2
Let another man praise you,
and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
Romans 12:3
For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.
Scripture on humility towards other people
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Philippians 2:3
doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
Romans 12:16
Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.
Colossians 3:12-13
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
Jesus’ parable about humility
Luke 18:9-14
He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others. “Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, 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 away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat 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 everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Bible verses about how humility is rewarded
Proverbs 22:4
The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh
is wealth, honor, and life.
Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is proud,
but before honor is humility.
Psalm 149:4
For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people.
He crowns the humble with salvation.
Isaiah 29:19
The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Proverbs 3:34
Surely he mocks the mockers,
but he gives grace to the humble.
To conclude
Matthew 20:25-28
But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 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.”