Scripture Folios
He Attends to the Lowly
Psalm 138:6 Though the Lord is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar. Chapter Related Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.” Chapter Related Isaiah 66:2 Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the Lord . “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word. Chapter Related 1 Samuel 2:7–8 The Lord sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord ’s, and upon them He has set the world. Chapter Related Luke 1:52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. Chapter Related
Walk Humbly with Your God
Numbers 12:3 Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth. Chapter Related Deuteronomy 8:2 Remember that these forty years the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments. Chapter Related 2 Chronicles 7:13–14 If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, 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. Chapter Related Daniel 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride. Chapter Related 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? Chapter Related
He Humbled Himself
Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. Chapter Related Philippians 2:5–8 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross. Chapter Related Matthew 11:29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Chapter Related John 13:14–15 So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you. Chapter Related Mark 10:43–45 “But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” Chapter Related Luke 22:27 For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves. Chapter Related Philippians 2:9–11 Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Chapter Related
Whoever Humbles Himself
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Chapter Related Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom. Chapter Related Matthew 18:3–4 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” Chapter Related Luke 14:10–11 “But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Chapter Related Luke 18:13–14 “But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Chapter Related
Clothe Yourselves with Humility
Romans 12:16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited. Chapter Related 1 Corinthians 4:7 For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not? Chapter Related Philippians 2:3–4 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Chapter Related Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Chapter Related 1 Peter 5:5–6 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.” Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you. Chapter Related
The God of the Bible is high and lifted up, and he chooses to live with the humble and contrite. Hannah sings that he humbles and he exalts, and Mary sings it again: he has brought down rulers from their thrones and exalted the humble. The people who walk closest to him know their size. Moses is the most humble man on the face of the earth. Israel is led forty years through the wilderness to be humbled. Nebuchadnezzar, given back his mind, praises the King of heaven, who “is able to humble those who walk in pride.” Micah sums up what the Lord asks: act justly, love mercy, “walk humbly with your God.” Then God does it himself. The Son, existing in the form of God, empties himself, takes the form of a servant, and humbles himself to death on a cross. He calls himself “gentle and humble in heart,” washes his disciples’ feet, and says, “I am among you as one who serves.” He tells it as a reversal: take the last seat; become like a little child. The tax collector who would not lift his eyes went home justified. Paul asks the plainest question: “What do you have that you did not receive?” So humility is something to put on, like clothing, toward one another. God gives grace to the humble, and in due time he will exalt you.