Psalm 131:1 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹ My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ LORD, my heart is not haughty, Nor mine eyes lofty: Neither do I exercise myself in Great matters, or in things too high for me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ Lord, MY heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in matters too great or in things too wonderful for me.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me.

Common English Bible

¹ LORD, my heart isn’t proud; my eyes aren’t conceited. I don’t get involved with things too great or wonderful for me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ A Canticle in steps. O Lord, remember David and all his meekness,

Psalm 131:1 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 6:22

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 honour.’

Job 42:3

You asked, “Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?” Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

Psalm 101:5

Whoever slanders their neighbour in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.

Psalm 122:1

I rejoiced with those who said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’

Psalm 124:1

If the Lord had not been on our side – let Israel say –

Psalm 133:1

How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!

Psalm 139:6

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

Proverbs 21:4

Haughty eyes and a proud heart – the unploughed field of the wicked – produce sin.

Jeremiah 17:16

I have not run away from being your shepherd; you know I have not desired the day of despair. What passes my lips is open before you.

Jeremiah 45:5

Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.” ’

Numbers 12:3

(Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else 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

I served the Lord with great humility and with tears and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents.

Romans 11:33

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.

Deuteronomy 17:20

and not consider himself better than his fellow Israelites and turn from the law to the right or to the left. Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed.

1 Samuel 16:13

So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David. Samuel then went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:18

One of the servants answered, ‘I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the Lord is with him.’

1 Samuel 16:22

Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, ‘Allow David to remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.’

1 Samuel 17:15

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

1 Samuel 18:23

They repeated these words to David. But David said, ‘Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law? I’m only a poor man and little known.’