Quotes about Humility
As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.
— 1 Samuel 15:27
“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
— 1 Samuel 15:30
And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
— 1 Samuel 18:18
So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
— 1 Samuel 24:6
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
— 1 Samuel 24:14
And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
— 1 Samuel 24:18
When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
— 1 Samuel 25:23
She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.
— 1 Samuel 25:24
She arose, then bowed facedown and said, “Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
— 1 Samuel 25:41
and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
— 2 Samuel 6:22
Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
— 2 Samuel 7:18
And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
— 2 Samuel 9:6