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Quotes About Humility

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
~ Proverbs 15:33
Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
~ Proverbs 16:5
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
~ Proverbs 16:18
It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
~ Proverbs 16:19
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
~ Proverbs 17:1
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
~ Proverbs 17:5
With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.
~ Proverbs 18:3
Before his downfall a manís heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
~ Proverbs 18:12
The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
~ Proverbs 18:23
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
~ Proverbs 19:1
A manís insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
~ Proverbs 19:11
Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
~ Proverbs 20:9
Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.
~ Proverbs 21:4
A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
~ Proverbs 21:14
Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride.
~ Proverbs 21:24
The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
~ Proverbs 22:2
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
~ Proverbs 22:4
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
~ Proverbs 23:1
A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
~ Proverbs 24:9
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
~ Proverbs 24:17
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
~ Proverbs 24:21
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
~ Proverbs 24:29
Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;
~ Proverbs 25:6
for it is better that he says to you, “Come up here!” than that you should be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,
~ Proverbs 25:7