Bible Verses About Humility: Exemplified

Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord Jehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come; and this too after the manner of men, O Lord Jehovah!

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?

How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him?

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.

Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me.

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child with his mother, Like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?

Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;

And I have not learned wisdom, Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.

O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?

And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.