Psalms 131:1

World English Bible (2000)

Yahweh, my heart isn't haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 12:16 : 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.
  • Job 42:3 : 3 You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.
  • Ps 139:6 : 6 This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it.
  • Ps 101:5 : 5 I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
  • Jer 45:5 : 5 Do you seek great things for yourself? Don't seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh, says Yahweh; but your life will I give to you for a prey in all places where you go.
  • Amos 7:14-15 : 14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs; 15 and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
  • Acts 20:19 : 19 serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
  • 1 Thess 2:6-7 : 6 nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
  • 1 Thess 2:10 : 10 You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
  • Ps 122:1 : 1 I was glad when they said to me, "Let's go to Yahweh's house!"
  • Ps 124:1 : 1 If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,
  • Ps 133:1 : 1 See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!
  • Jer 17:16 : 16 As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.
  • Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; 71 from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance. 72 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands. A Psalm by Asaph.
  • Num 12:3 : 3 Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
  • Deut 17:20 : 20 that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
  • 1 Sam 16:13 : 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
  • 1 Sam 16:18 : 18 Then one of the young men answered, and said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him."
  • 1 Sam 16:22 : 22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight."
  • 1 Sam 17:15 : 15 Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
  • 1 Sam 17:28-29 : 28 Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, "Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle." 29 David said, "What have I now done? Is there not a cause?"
  • 1 Sam 18:23 : 23 Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, "Does it seems to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?"

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