Psalm 131:1

Easy To Read Version

Lord, I am not proud.\par I don’t try to act important.\par I don’t try to do great things.\par I don’t worry about things\par that are too hard for me.\par

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:22

I might do things that are even more embarrassing! Maybe you won’t respect me, but the girls you are talking about are proud of me!”

Job 42:3

Lord, you asked this question:\par ‘Who is this ignorant person\par that is saying these foolish things?’ {\cf2\super [106]} \par Lord, I talked about things\par that I didn’t understand.\par I talked about things that were\par too amazing for me to understand.\par

Psalm 101:5

If any person secretly says bad things\par about his neighbor,\par I will stop that person.\par I will not allow people to be proud\par and think they are better than other people.\par

Psalm 122:1

I was very happy when people said,\par “Let us go to the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [611]} ”\par

Psalm 124:1

What would have happened to us\par if the Lord had not been on our side?\par Tell me the answer, Israel.\par

Psalm 133:1

Oh how good and pleasant it is\par when brothers can sit together,\par truly united!\par

Psalm 139:6

I am amazed at what you know.\par It is too much for me to understand.\par

Proverbs 21:4

Proud looks and proud thoughts are sins. They show a person is evil.

Jeremiah 17:16

Lord, I did not run away from you.\par I followed you.\par I became the shepherd {\cf2\super [140]} you wanted.\par I did not want the terrible day to come.\par Lord, you know the things I said.\par You see all that is happening.\par

Jeremiah 45:5

Baruch, you are looking for great things for yourself. But don’t look for those things. Don’t look for them, because I will make terrible things happen to all the people.’ The Lord said these things. ‘You will have to go many places. But I will let you escape alive wherever you go.’”

Numbers 12:3

(Moses was a very humble man. He did not boast or brag. He was more humble than any other person on earth.)

Matthew 11:29

Accept my work and learn from me. I am gentle and humble in spirit. And you will find rest for your souls.

Acts 20:19

The Jews planned things against me, and this gave me much trouble. But you know that I always served the Lord, sometimes with tears. I never thought about myself first.

Romans 11:33

Yes, God’s riches are very great! God’s wisdom and knowledge have no end! No person can explain the things God decides. No person can understand God’s ways.

Romans 12:16

Live together in peace with each other. Don’t be proud. Be willing to be friends with people who are not important to other people. Don’t be conceited.

Deuteronomy 17:20

Then the king will not think that he is better than any of his own people. And he will not turn away from the law, but he will follow it exactly. Then that king and his descendants [112] will rule the kingdom of Israel a long time.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

When we were with you believers, we lived in a holy and right way, without fault. You know that this is true, and God knows that this is true.

1 Samuel 16:13

Samuel took the horn [147] with the oil in it, and poured the special oil on Jesse’s youngest son in front of his brothers. The Lord’s Spirit came on David with great power from that day on. Then Samuel went back home to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:18

One of the servants said, “There is a man named Jesse living in Bethlehem. I saw Jesse’s son. He knows how to play the harp. He is also a brave man and fights well. He is smart and handsome. And the Lord is with him.”

1 Samuel 16:22

Saul sent a message to Jesse. “Let David stay and serve me. I like him very much.”

1 Samuel 17:15

But David left Saul from time to time to take care of his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 18:23

Saul’s officers said those things to David. But David answered, “Do you think it is easy to become the king’s son-in-law? {I don’t have the money to pay for the king’s daughter!} I am just a poor, ordinary guy.”