Bible Verses about โhumbling yourselfโ
The Bible contains 39 verses about humbling yourself across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โJesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.โ
โSo, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;โ
โfor by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,โ
โknowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.โ
โCount it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,โ
โLet endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.โ
โBlessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.โ
โBut if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.โ
โEvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.โ
โfor the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.โ
โPure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.โ
โIf anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.โ
โBut be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.โ
โnot of works, that no one would boast.โ
โBut each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.โ
โBut let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.โ
โThen the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.โ
โBut he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.โ
โFor if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;โ
โWithout faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.โ
โfor he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.โ
โHe is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.โ
โFor let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.โ
โLet no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.โ
โHe 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?โ
โDon't be deceived, my beloved brothers.โ
โOf his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.โ
โTherefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.โ
โand the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.โ
โBut let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;โ
โFor the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.โ
โJames, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.โ
โif my people, who 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.โ
โBut he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."โ
โHumble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;โ
โWhoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.โ
โHumble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.โ
โSurely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.โ
โWhen pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.โ
