Quotes about Humility
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
— Jeremiah 1:6
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
— Jeremiah 9:23
I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
— Jeremiah 10:23
Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
— Jeremiah 10:24
Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
— Jeremiah 13:15
Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
— Jeremiah 13:18
This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
— Jeremiah 27:2
But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”
— Jeremiah 45:5
“For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.
— Jeremiah 49:15
Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
— Lamentations 3:20
Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
— Lamentations 3:30
Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
— Lamentations 3:39