Bible Verses About Humility: General references

Lo--unto the moon, and it shineth not, And stars have not been pure in His eyes.

How much less man--a grub, And the son of man--a worm!

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.

Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me is my soul.

Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.

For better that he hath said to thee, `Come thou up hither,' Than that he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen.

In that day thou art not ashamed because of any of thine actions, Wherewith thou hast transgressed against Me, For then do I turn aside from thy midst The exulting ones of thine excellency, And thou dost add no more to be haughty, In My holy mountain.

And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah.

And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them,

and said, `Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;

whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the greater in the reign of the heavens.

but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;

and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;

And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he was questioning them, `What were ye reasoning in the way among yourselves?'

and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater;

and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, `If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'

And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to them,

`Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.'

but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,

and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;

And there entered a reasoning among them, this, Who may be greater of them?

and Jesus having seen the reasoning of their heart, having taken hold of a child, set him beside himself,

and said to them, `Whoever may receive this child in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth receive Him who sent me, for he who is least among you all--he shall be great.'

`But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'