The best Bible verses for humility powerful include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for humility powerful, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place."Luke 14:9
"If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place."Luke 14:9
"it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than for him to humiliate you before a nobleman. What you have seen with your eyes"Proverbs 25:7
"The mother of seven will grow faint and breathe her last. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. I will put the survivors to the sword before their enemies,” declares the Lord."Jeremiah 15:9
"In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.”"Acts 8:33
"“So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”"Malachi 2:9
"When someone came and told David about the men, he sent messengers to meet them, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.”"1 Chronicles 19:5
"I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.”"2 Samuel 6:22
"When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet the men, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.”"2 Samuel 10:5
"Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”"Ezekiel 16:63
"From the days of our forefathers until now, our guilt has been great. Because of our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been subjected to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation at the hand of foreign kings, as it is today."Ezra 9:7
"“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."John 3:16
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."Jeremiah 29:11
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."Romans 8:28
These are the passages people actually reach for — the ones quoted at services, written in cards, and remembered years after they were first heard. That is not an accident of marketing; verses become well known because they say something clearly and completely in a small space.
All 15 are here for that reason. Each carries its meaning on its own, without requiring the reader to have the surrounding chapter in mind.
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The most-cited Bible verses for humility powerful are Luke 14:9, Proverbs 25:7, Jeremiah 15:9. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to humility powerful across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for humility powerful, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.