Being Humble
10 passages
- 1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
Read it in context - James 4:6
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Read it in context - Matthew 23:12
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Read it in context - 2 Chronicles 7:14
and 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, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
Read it in context - James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
Read it in context - 2 Corinthians 11:30
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
Read it in context - 1 Peter 5:5
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Read it in context - Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
Read it in context - Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Read it in context - Ephesians 2:8–9
8For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not by works, so that no one can boast.
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