Quotes about Humility
They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.
— Joshua 9:5
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
— Judges 7:2
But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
— Judges 8:23
But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
— Judges 9:15
“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
— Ruth 2:13
Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
— 1 Samuel 2:3
Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
— 1 Samuel 9:21
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