Humility

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• General scriptures concerningDeuteronomy 9:4–29Deuteronomy 15:15Deuteronomy 32:7Job 5:11Job 22:29Job 25:5Job 25:6Psalms 9:12Psalms 10:17Psalms 22:6Psalms 22:26Psalms 25:9Psalms 37:11Psalms 69:32Psalms 86:1Psalms 131:1Psalms 131:2Psalms 138:6Psalms 147:6Proverbs 3:34
• EXEMPLIFIEDGenesis 18:27Genesis 18:32Genesis 32:10Genesis 41:16Exodus 3:11Exodus 4:102 Samuel 7:182 Samuel 7:191 Kings 3:71 Chronicles 17:171 Chronicles 29:142 Chronicles 1:102 Chronicles 2:6Ezra 9:13Job 7:17Job 7:18Job 9:14Job 9:15Job 10:15Job 33:6
• INSTANCES OF
• JosephGenesis 41:16
• David1 Samuel 18:18–231 Samuel 24:141 Samuel 26:202 Samuel 7:18–291 Chronicles 17:16–27
• Mephibosheth2 Samuel 9:8
• Ahab1 Kings 21:29
• Josiah2 Chronicles 34:27
• ElihuJob 32:4–7
• IsaiahIsaiah 6:5
• ElisabethLuke 1:43
• John the BaptistMark 1:7Luke 3:16

The passages, in Bible order (165)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 18:27

   Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—

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   “[Daniel 8:27] "And I, Daniel, languished and was sick for some days. And when I rose from my bed, I performed the king's tasks." This is the same thing as we read in Genesis about Abraham, for after he had heard the Lord speaking to him, he averred that he was but dust and ashes (Genesis 18:27). And so Daniel states that he languished as a reaction to the horror of the vision, and suffered illness.

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2. Genesis 18:32

   Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”

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   “(Verse 32) And he said, 'Is it, Lord, if I speak?' Which is written in Greek, μήτι, Κύριε, ἐὰν λαλήσω. Secondly, Abraham spoke to the Lord, which does not seem to clearly indicate what he is saying. Therefore, in Hebrew it is written more explicitly: 'Please do not be angry, Lord, if I have spoken.' For since he seemed to be questioning, he qualifies what he seeks by beginning with a plea.

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3. Genesis 32:10

   I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

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   “(Verse 9 and 10.) And Jacob said, O God of my father Isaac, Lord, who said to me, Return to your land and I will bless you: I am less than all your mercies, and all your truth, which you have shown to your servant. For because of what we have done, I am less, something else I do not know, which disturbs the meaning, is contained in the Greek and Latin codices.

   "With only his staff he crossed the Jordan." It was a wondrous symbol Jacob held in his hand in anticipation—the sign of the cross of the great prophet. He lifted up his feet on to the land of the people of the east, because it was from there that "a light shone out to the peoples."

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4. Genesis 41:16

   “I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”

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   “(Verse 16) And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying: Without God, salvation will not be given to Pharaoh. In Hebrew, it is different: Without me, God will answer peace to Pharaoh. Finally, Symmachus translated more openly in his own way: Not I, but God will answer peace to Pharaoh.

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5. Exodus 3:11

   But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

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   “Moses said, "Who am I to go before Pharaoh?" Although I have a royal title, I will not be received by him. And now that I do the work of a simple shepherd, who will allow me to go before Pharaoh? And even if I …

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6. Exodus 4:10

   “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”

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   “Moses himself once said: "I am alogos"("wordless"). The Latin version uses a different expression, but we can translate the word alogos exactly as "without words and reason." After he said this, he received reason and speech, which he admitted that he did not have before. When the people of Israel were in Egypt, before they had received the law, they too were without words and reason and thus in a sense mute. Then they received the Word; Moses was the image of it.

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7. Deuteronomy 9:4–29

   When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

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   “I ask, what could be said more clearly against that pernicious opinion and presumption of ours, by which we want to attribute everything that we do to our free will and to our own effort? "Do not say in your heart, when the Lord your God has destroyed them in your sight: Because of my righteousness the Lord has led me in to possess this land." Did he not express himself clearly to those whose souls' eyes are open and whose ears hear?

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8. Deuteronomy 15:15

   Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

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   “And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt,....

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9. Deuteronomy 32:7

   Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.

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   Who then would be so presumptuous and blind as to dare to trust in his own judgment and discretion when the vessel of election testifies that he needed to confer with his fellow apostles? From this it is clearly proven that the Lord shows the way of perfection to no one who has the means of being educated but who disdains the teaching and the instruction of the elders and who considers as insignificant that saying which ought to be diligently observed: "Ask your father, and he will declare it to you, your elders, and they will tell you."

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10. 1 Samuel 18:18–23

    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?”

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    “As [David] looks on the greatness of God's lovingkindness, he is struck with amazement. He considers himself with all his soul to be unworthy of the vision of such goodness and does not wish to look closely at them or fully understand them. He is …

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11. 1 Samuel 24:14

    Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

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    “The Creator compares himself to the lowest of his creatures so that you may regard nothing as despicable which is known to have been fashioned by his agency. As Scripture has it, "God made all things very good." Thus David too followed his Teacher and …

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12. 1 Samuel 26:20

    So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

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    “Now therefore let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord,....

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13. 2 Samuel 7:18

    Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

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14. 2 Samuel 7:19

    And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?

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    “And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God,....

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15. 2 Samuel 9:8

    Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

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    “And he bowed himself,....

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16. 1 Kings 3:7

    And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

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