Quotes about Humility
Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
— Proverbs 12:9
The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
— Proverbs 15:25
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
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
— Proverbs 17:5
Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
— Proverbs 18:12
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
— Proverbs 22:4
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
— Proverbs 24:17
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