43 Bible Verses about Inferiority
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And he said unto him - Pardon, O my Lord! How, shall I save Israel? Lo! my thousand, is the poorest in Manasseh, and, I, am the youngest in the house of my father.
But, I, am a worm and no one, a reproach of men, and despised of a people;
I, therefore in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, came to be with you,
And the servants of Saul spake, in the ears of David, these words. And David said - Seemeth it a light thing, in your eyes, to become son-in-law to the king, seeing that, I, am a poor man and lightly esteemed?
Hear, O our God, for we have become a contempt, and turn thou back their reproach upon their own head, - and give them up as a prey, in the land of captivity;
For, they all, were seeking to put us in fear, saying, Their hands will slacken from the work, and it will not be accomplished. Now, therefore, strengthen thou my hands!
Show me favour, O Yahweh, for in distress am I, - Wasted with vexation, is mine eye - my soul and my body; For, consumed with sorrow, is my life, and my years with sighing, - My strength hath staggered with my humiliation, and, my bones, are without marrow.
But, I, being humbled and needy, O God, haste to me, - My help and my deliverer, art thou, O Yahweh do not tarry.
May the crushed one not again be confounded, As for the oppressed and the needy, let them praise thy Name.
Bow down, O Yahweh, thine ear - answer me, For, oppressed and needy, am I;
For, oppressed and needy, I am, and, my heart, is wounded within me.
[DALETH] My soul, cleaveth to the dust, Give me life, according to thy word.
The highways are deserted, The passer-by on the path, hath ceased, - He hath broken covenant, He hath despised cities, He hath made no account of men.
An earthen vessel to be despised thrown about, is this man Coniah? Or an instrument, in which is no pleasure? Wherefore are they to be cast out, he and his seed, and to be thrown forth upon a land which they have not known?
All her people, are sighing, seeking bread, They have given their precious things for food, to bring back life, - Behold, O Yahweh, and discern, that I have become worthless.
Therefore, I also, will suffer you to be despised and of no account unto all the people, - in proportion as none of you have been keeping my ways, but have had respect to persons, in giving your deliverance.
Then said I - Woe to me! - for I am undone, Because a man of unclean lips, am, I, And in the midst of a people of unclean lips, do I dwell, - For the King. Yahweh of hosts, have mine eyes seen!
And Simon, beholding, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying - Depart from me! Because, a sinful man, am I, O Lord!
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Yahweh. Then said Nathan unto David, - Yahweh also, hath put away thy sin, thou shalt not die!
O Yahweh, do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me; There is no soundness in my flesh, By reason of thine indignation, There is no peace in my bones, By reason of my sin; For, mine iniquities, have passed over my head, Like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me:read more.
My wounds are of bad odour - they have festered, by reason of my folly: I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day, have I gloomily walked; For, my loins, are filled with inflammation, and there is no soundness in my flesh: I am benumbed and crushed exceedingly, - I have cried aloud because of the groaning of my heart. O My Lord! before thee, is all my longing, and, my sighing, from thee, hath not been hid: My heart, fluttereth, my strength hath forsaken me, and, as for the light of mine eyes, even they, are not with me: My lovers, and my friends, from before my stroke, stand aloof, - and, my near ones, far away, do stand: Yea they who are seeking my life, have laid snares, and they who are asking my harm, have threatened engulfing ruin, And, deceitful things - all day long, do they mutter. But, I, as one deaf, will not hear, - and as one dumb, who will not open his mouth: Thus have I become as a man who cannot hear, in whose mouth are no arguments: Because, for thee, O Yahweh, have I waited, Thou, wilt answer, O Adonay, my God! For I said, Lest they rejoice over me! When my feet were tottering, against me, have they magnified themselves: For, I, to halt, am ready, and, my pain, is before me continually; For, mine iniquity, will I declare, I shall be anxious because of my sin; And, my foes, are alive - have become strong, - and multiplied are they who hate me for false cause: Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good. Do not forsake me, O Yahweh, My God! be not far from me: Make haste to help me, My Lord, my deliverance!
For, my transgressions, do, I, acknowledge, And, my sin, is before me continually: Against thee - against thee alone, have I sinned, And, wickedness - in thine eyes, have I done, - That thou mayest, Be justified when thou speakest, - Be clear when thou judgest. Lo! in iniquity, was I brought forth, And, in sin, did my mother conceive me.
And, when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead, and he laid his right hand upon me, saying - Do not fear! I, am the First, and the Last,
Because thou sayest, Rich, am I, and have become enriched, and, of nothing, have I need, and knowest not that, thou, art the wretched one, and pitiable, and destitute, and blind, and naked,
But now, hath Yahweh spoken saying, In three years, - as the years of a hireling, shall the glory of Moab be diminished, with all the great multitude, - even a very small remnant, of no account.
For lo! Small, have I made thee among the nations, - Despised among men!
More than any of the kingdoms, shall she be abased, And shall lift herself up no more over the nations, - Yea I will make them too small to rule over the nations.
I also, have a mind like you, I, fall not short, of you, But who hath not such things as these?
Let, no one, despise, thy youth, but, an ensample, become thou of the faithful, - in discourse, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in chastity.
A disciple is not above the teacher; but, when trained, every one shall be as his teacher.
Verily, verily, I say unto you - A servant is not greater than his lord, neither one sent forth greater than he that sent him.
Remember the word which, I, spake unto you: A servant is not greater than his lord. If, me, they persecuted, you too, will they persecute, - If, my word, they kept, your own also, will they keep.
For, I, am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
Unto me - the less than least of all saints, was given this favour, unto the nations, to announce the glad-message of the untraceable riches of the Christ,
and said unto them - Whosoever shall give welcome unto this child, on my name, unto me, giveth welcome; and, whosoever, unto me, giveth welcome, giveth welcome unto him that sent me forth. For, he who is least among you all, the same, is, great.
Verily, I say unto you - There hath not arisen, among such as are born of women, a greater than John the Immerser, - yet, he that is less in the kingdom of the heavens, is, greater than he.
I say unto you - A greater, among them that are born of women, than John, is there none; but, he that is least in the kingdom of God, is greater than he.
Whosoever, therefore, shall relax one of these commandments, the least, and teach men so, shall be called, least, in the kingdom of the heavens; but, whosoever shall do and teach, the same, shall be called, great, in the kingdom of the heavens.
Faithful, the saying! and, of all acceptance, worthy, - that, Christ Jesus, came into the world, sinners, to save: of whom, the chief, am, I; - Nevertheless, on this account, was mercy shewn me, - that, in me, the chief, Christ Jesus might shew forth his entire longsuffering, for an ensample of them about to believe on him unto life age-abiding.
And, after thee, shall arise another kingdom, inferior to thee, - and another - a third kingdom, of bronze, which shall bear rule throughout all the earth.