• James 4:6-10
  But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
  " God resists the proud,
  But gives grace to the humble." Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
   
• Philippians 2:5-9
  Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
   
• 1 Peter 5:5-6
  Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for
  "God resists the proud,
  But gives grace to the humble." Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
   
• Luke 18:13-14
  And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
   
• Matthew 5:3
  "Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  
   
• Isaiah 57:15
  For thus says the High and Lofty One
  Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
  "I dwell in the high and holy place,
  With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
  To revive the spirit of the humble,
  And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
  
   
• Matthew 18:3-4
  and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
   
• Philippians 2:3
  Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
   
• Micah 6:8
  He has shown you, O man, what is good;
  And what does the LORD require of you
  But to do justly,
  To love mercy,
  And to walk humbly with your God?
   
• 1 Corinthians 4:6
  Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the other.
   
• Proverbs 22:4
  By humility and the fear of the LORD
  Are riches and honor and life.
  
   
• Luke 18:9-10
  Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
   
• 1 Peter 2:21
  For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
  
   
• 2 Chronicles 7:14
  if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
   
• Proverbs 3:34
  Surely He scorns the scornful,
  But gives grace to the humble.
  
   
• Proverbs 11:2
  When pride comes, then comes shame;
  But with the humble is wisdom.
  
   
• Matthew 23:11-12
  But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
   
• Colossians 3:12
  Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
   
• 2 Chronicles 12:12
  When he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and things also went well in Judah.
   
• Ezra 8:21
  Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions.
   
• Psalm 35:13
  But as for me, when they were sick,
  My clothing was sackcloth;
  I humbled myself with fasting;
  And my prayer would return to my own heart.
  
   
• Daniel 9:3-4
  Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, "O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments,
   
• Matthew 20:25-28
  But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave' just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.'
   

Related Scriptures

• Isaiah 66:1-2
  Thus says the LORD:
  "Heaven is My throne,
  And earth is My footstool.
  Where is the house that you will build Me?
  And where is the place of My rest?
  For all those things My hand has made,
  And all those things exist,"
  Says the LORD.
  "But on this one will I look:
  On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
  And who trembles at My word.
  
   
• Deuteronomy 8:2-3
  And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.
   
• Luke 18:11-12
  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.'
   
• Leviticus 23:27-29
  "Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God. For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people.
   
• Isaiah 14:13-14
  For you have said in your heart:
  'I will ascend into heaven,
  I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
  I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
  On the farthest sides of the north;
  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
  I will be like the Most High.'
  
   
• Micah 6:6-7
  With what shall I come before the LORD,
  And bow myself before the High God?
  Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
  With calves a year old?
  Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,
  Ten thousand rivers of oil?
  Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
  The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
  
   
• Matthew 11:29
  Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
   
• 1 Corinthians 1:29
  that no flesh should glory in His presence.
   
• 1 Corinthians 1:31
  that, as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the LORD."
   
• 2 Corinthians 10:5
  casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
   
• Philippians 2:4
  Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
   
• Philippians 3:8
  Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ
   
• Leviticus 23:32
  It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath."
   
• Job 41:34
  He beholds every high thing;
  He is king over all the children of pride.'
   
• Ezekiel 28:17
  "Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty;
  You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;
  I cast you to the ground,
  I laid you before kings,
  That they might gaze at you.
  
   
• Matthew 18:1
  At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
   
• Philippians 2:14-17
  Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain. Yes, and if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
   
• 1 Kings 3:7-8
  Now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David, but I am a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted.
   
• Psalm 10:4
  The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;
  God is in none of his thoughts.
   
• Psalm 119:71
  It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
  That I may learn Your statutes.
  
   
• Psalm 138:6
  Though the LORD is on high,
  Yet He regards the lowly;
  But the proud He knows from afar.
   
• Proverbs 18:12
  Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty,
  And before honor is humility.
  
   
• Proverbs 21:4
  A haughty look, a proud heart,
  And the plowing of the wicked are sin.
  
   
• Matthew 25:40
  And the King will answer and say to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me."
   
• Luke 15:18-19
  I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."
   
• John 1:14
  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
   
• 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
  And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.