Quotes About Humility

We have a crippling tendency to forget what God has done for us. For a while, we're humbled. Then, if we do not guard our hearts and minds, we begin to think we must have done something right for God to have been so good to us. Therein lies another road to captivity. It is the road of legalism. Hezekiah believed he was right with God because of what he had done.

When we judge a brother's or sister's sin as so much worse than our own, we are like lepers counting spots. "She has more than I do.

Father, according to Your Word, in his pride the wicked does not seek You; in all his thoughts there is no room for You. (Ps. 10:4) Please help me to always make room in my thoughts for You, God. Don't allow me to continue on in pride that stops me from seeking You.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. Psalm 8:3-5

Humility is the earmark of God's genuine servant.

Be compassionate and humble, not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing. 1 Peter 3:8–9

Father, You are calling upon me to be completely humble and gentle; to be patient, bearing with others in love. (Eph. 4:2) Please empower me with Your Spirit to be obedient to this command.

When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 11:2

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me. John 6:38

You see, a person full of the Holy Spirit cannot be full of self. Pride never accompanies power in the fully yielded life.

This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: 'Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners'—and I am the worst of them" (1 Tim. 1:15).

Never in all of Scripture does Christ resist the repentant sinner. He resisted the proud and the self-righteous religious, but never the humble and repentant.

We must be careful to avoid spiritual elitism. Everything we are and anything we possess as believers in Christ is a gift of grace. Pure hearts before God must be cleansed from any hint of spiritual pride.

When you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things. Romans 2:1

If you will not listen, my innermost being will weep in secret because of your pride. Jeremiah 13:17

When we act as if we don't notice God's blessings, it's not humility. It's ingratitude.

we can get so wrapped up in ourselves and in the tabernacles we want to build that we miss a fresh revelation of God's glory right before our eyes.

Father, Your Word clearly states that You will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. You will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless. (Isa. 13:11)

Godliness is not perfection.

Better to admit where you're not and ask God's help to get you where you need to be.

If we don't learn to separate entertainment from identity and hyped images from real womanhood, our feminine souls are going to pass straight through the shredder. We must stop affirming and reaffirming to ourselves how inferior we are. It's extremely unhealthy, and in reality, it's the furthest thing from God's concept of humility. We'd be wise to take note of how fickle the media is with its own stars and how short lived the friendly spotlight is.

You who occupy the mountain summit, though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down. Jeremiah 49:16

Why are you amazed at this? Or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk? Acts 3:12

Lord, make me a student and take me not home, until You look in my face and see the reflection of Your own.