Humility

• Necessary to the service of God.
  
  Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Christ an example of.
  
  Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
  
  
  
  John 13:14-15 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
• A characteristic of saints.
  
  Psalms 34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
• THEY WHO HAVE

• Regarded by God.
  
  Psalms 138:6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
  
  
  
  Isaiah 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
• Heard by God.
  
  Psalms 9:12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
  
  
  
  Isaiah 10:17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
• Enjoy the presence of God.
  
  Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Delivered by God.
  
  Job 22:29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
• Lifted up by God.
  
  James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
• Exalted by God.
  
  Luke 14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
  
  
  
  Luke 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• Are greatest in Christ's kingdom.
  
  Matthew 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
  
  
  
  Matthew 20:26-28 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• Receive more grace.
  
  Proverbs 3:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
  
  
  
  James 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
• Upheld by honor.


Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.



Proverbs 29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
• Is before honor.
  
  Proverbs 15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
• Leads to riches, honor, and life.
  
  Proverbs 22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
• SAINTS SHOULD

• Put on.
  
  Colossians 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
• Be clothed with.
  
  1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
• Walk with.
  
  Ephesians 4:1-2 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
• Beware of false.
  
  Colossians 2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
  
  
  
  Colossians 2:23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
• Afflictions intended to produce.
  
  Leviticus 26:41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
  
  
  
  Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
  
  
  
  Lamentations 3:20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
• Want of, condemned.
  
  2 Chronicles 33:23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
  
  
  
  2 Chronicles 36:12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.
  
  
  
  Jeremiah 44:10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
  
  
  
  Daniel 5:22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
• Temporal judgments averted by.
  
  2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
  
  
  
  2 Chronicles 12:6-7 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
• Excellency of.
  
  Proverbs 16:19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
• Blessedness of.
  
  Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Exemplified.
  Abraham,
  Genesis 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
  
  Jacob,
  Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
  
  Moses,
  Exodus 3:11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
  
  
  
  Exodus 4:10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
  
  Joshua,
  Joshua 7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
  
  Gideon,
  Judges 6:15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
  
  David,
  1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
  
  Hezekiah,
  2 Chronicles 32:26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
  
  Manasseh,
  2 Chronicles 33:12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
  
  Josiah,
  2 Chronicles 34:27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
  
  Job,
  Job 40:4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
  
  
  
  Job 42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
  
  Isaiah,
  Isaiah 6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
  
  Jeremiah,
  Jeremiah 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
  
  John the Baptist,
  Matthew 3:14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
  
  Centurion,
  Matthew 8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
  
  Woman of Canaan,
  Matthew 15:27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
  
  Elizabeth,
  Luke 1:43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
  
  Peter,
  Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
  
  Paul,
  Acts 20:19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: