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grace to the humble.’”
    Matthew 8:8   “[T]he centurion answered him, ‘Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.’”
    Zephaniah 2:3   “Seek the Lord , all you humble of the land, / who do his commands; / seek righteousness, seek humility; / perhaps you may be hidden / on the day of the wrath of the Lord.”
    Psalm 149:4   “For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; / he adorns the humble with victory.”
    Proverbs 11:2   “ When pride comes, then comes disgrace; / but with the humble is wisdom” (see also Proverbs 3:34).
    Isaiah 57:15  “For thus says the high and lofty One  /who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: / ‘I dwell in the high and holy place, / and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, / to revive the spirit of the humble, / and to revive the heart of the contrite.’”
    Philippians 2:3–4  “Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
    Colossians 3:12   “Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience....”
    James 4:6, 10   “‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’... [therefore]Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.”
    Matthew 20:25–28   “But Jesus called them to him and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.   It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant,and whoever would be first among you must be your slave; even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.’”
    Matthew 23:11–12   “He who is greatest among you shall be your servant; whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
    John 13:3–9, 12–15   “Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper, laid aside his garments, and girded himself with a towel. Then he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. He came to Simon Peter; and Peter said to him, ‘Lord, do you wash my feet?’   Jesus answered him, ‘What I am doing you do not know now, but afterward you will understand.’ Peter said to him, ‘You shall never wash my feet.’ Jesus answered him, ‘If I do not wash you, you have no part in me.’ Simon Peter said to him, ‘Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!’... When he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and resumed his place, he said to them, ‘Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.’”
    1 Corinthians 1:26–31   “For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.”
    One final verse to ponder is Luke 18:13, which contains one of the most simple, heartfelt and humble statements of trust in the Lord: “God, be merciful to me a sinner!”
     
    Further Reading: Proverbs 22:4; Sirach 10:7–19; Luke 1:46–53; Ephesians