Quotes about Greatness
This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
— Jonah 3:3
He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
— Micah 5:4
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
— Nahum 1:3
You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”
— Malachi 1:5
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
— Malachi 1:11
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
— Matthew 5:12
So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
— Matthew 5:19
Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
— Matthew 11:11
Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
— Matthew 18:4
It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
— Matthew 20:26
But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
— Mark 10:43
for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
— Luke 1:15