Quotes About Humility

who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.

For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.

Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.

Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.

He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.

But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.

May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.

No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.

May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.

Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.

But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.