Quotes About Humility

that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ëI have made Abram rich.í

So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”

Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.

But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”

Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—

Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land

“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,

When Abrahamís servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.

“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ëYour servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.

I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.í”

I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

then you are to say, ëThey belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.í”

He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.

You are also to say, ëLook, your servant Jacob is right behind us.í” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”

But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.