Psalm 131:1

Legacy Standard Bible

O Yahweh, my heart is not exalted, and my eyes are not raised high; And I do not involve myself in great matters, Or in matters too marvelous for me.

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:22

And I will be esteemed even more lightly than this and will be humble in my own eyes, but with the maids of whom you have spoken, with them I will be glorified.”

Job 42:3

‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too marvelous for me, which I did not know.

Psalm 101:5

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart, I will not endure.

Psalm 122:1

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of Yahweh.”

Psalm 124:1

“Had it not been Yahweh who was on our side,” Let Israel now say,

Psalm 133:1

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity!

Psalm 139:6

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

Proverbs 21:4

Haughty eyes and a proud heart— The fallow ground of the wicked—are sin.

Jeremiah 17:16

But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You, Nor have I longed for the sickening day; You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips Was in Your presence.

Jeremiah 45:5

But as for you, are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I am going to bring calamity on all flesh,’ declares Yahweh, ‘but I will give your life to you as spoil in all the places where you may go.’ ”

Numbers 12:3

(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.)

Matthew 11:29

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Acts 20:19

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews;

Romans 11:33

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!

Romans 12:16

by being of the same mind toward one another, not being haughty in mind, but associating with the humble. Do not be wise in your own mind.

Deuteronomy 17:20

that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his sons in the midst of Israel.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers;

1 Samuel 16:13

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:18

Then one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a mighty man of valor, a warrior, one who is understanding in speech, and man of fine form; and Yahweh is with him.”

1 Samuel 16:22

So Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David now stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.”

1 Samuel 17:15

but David went back and forth from Saul to shepherd his father’s flock at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 18:23

So Saul’s servants spoke these words in David’s hearing. But David said, “Is it trivial in your eyes to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?”