Bible Verses About Meek and Lowly: 12

"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."

— Matthew 11:29 (NIV)

People who search bible verses about meek and lowly want Scripture on Jesus' self-description — "gentle and humble in heart" / KJV "meek and lowly in heart" — and the yoke that gives rest, not only the broader meekness Beatitude list alone or the humility clothing list alone. This page is a numbered list of twelve passages with the NIV text and a short note on each. Related lists: Bible verses about meekness, Bible verses about humility, Bible verses about gentleness, Bible verses about rest, Bible verses about Jesus, Bible verses about Christ, Bible verses about hope, Bible verses about faith, Bible verses about God's love, Bible verses about worship, and Bible verse of the day. Meek and lowly here means Jesus' heart-title and the servant/yoke cluster around it — distinct from the meekness and humility twelve except the shared title Matthew 11:29.

Word study (lead theme). In Greek, Matthew 11:29 pairs πραΰς praus (gentle/meek) with ταπεινός tapeinos (lowly/humble) for Jesus' own heart. The invitation is yoke + learn + rest. This list tracks that heart-title and nearby servant/lowly-king posture — not the Beatitude/meekness twelve and not the humility-clothing twelve (share only Matthew 11:29).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 11 presses Christ's meek and lowly heart as the pattern for learners who take his yoke and find rest (Bible Hub MHC Matthew 11; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on Matthew 11). (The meekness and humility hubs live on those pages; this list centers meek-and-lowly as Jesus' self-name.)

12 Bible verses about meek and lowly

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." Meek and lowly in heart — the title itself. See Bible verses about meekness.
Matthew 11:28. "'Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.'" Come to me — rest offered before the yoke is named. See Bible verses about rest.
Matthew 11:30. "For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Easy yoke — light burden after meek-and-lowly learning. See Bible verses about hope.
2 Corinthians 10:1. "By the humility and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am 'timid' when face to face with you, but 'bold' toward you when away!" The humility and gentleness of Christ. See Bible verses about gentleness.
Isaiah 42:2-3. "He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;" The servant does not crush the bruised — lowly strength. See Bible verses about Jesus.
Matthew 12:19-20. "He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice through to victory." Matthew applies the servant's lowly way to Jesus. See Bible verses about Christ.
John 13:4-5. "so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him." Lowly service — towel and basin. See Bible verses about humility.
Mark 10:45. "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Came to serve — lowly mission. See Bible verses about salvation.
Luke 22:27. "For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves." I am among you as one who serves. See Bible verses about faith.
Isaiah 50:6. "I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting." The servant's lowly endurance. See Bible verses about Jesus.
1 Peter 2:21-23. "To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 'He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.' When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly." Follow his steps — lowly non-retaliation. See Bible verses about Christ.
Philippians 2:7. "rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness." Made himself nothing — servant nature (keep Phil 2:5-8's fuller humility inventory on humility; this line only for the servant-emptying note). See Bible verses about humility.

How to use these verses

Pick one verse when you need meek and lowly — not twelve as a grind. If you need Jesus' heart-title, start at Matthew 11:29. If you need the invitation and easy yoke, open Matthew 11:28-30. If you need servant posture, open John 13:4-5 or Mark 10:45. For the Beatitude meekness list, open meekness. For humility clothing, open humility. For a daily verse, open Bible verse of the day.

Questions people ask

What is a good Bible verse about meek and lowly?

Matthew 11:29 (gentle and humble in heart) is the clear starting place; Matthew 11:28-30 and 2 Corinthians 10:1 press rest and Christ's gentleness.

How do these verses differ from meekness alone?

Meekness pages gather Beatitude and remnant meekness. This list centers Jesus' meek-and-lowly self-name and the yoke/servant cluster around it — sharing only the title Matthew 11:29.

Why isn't Matthew 5:5 or Philippians 2:5-8 fully on this page?

Those exclusive meekness / humility leads stay on those hubs so the lists stay distinct (this page shares only Matthew 11:29 and uses Philippians 2:7 only for the servant-emptying note).

Where should I start if I only read one page?

Start here for meek and lowly; open meekness for the Beatitude set; open humility for clothing yourselves with humility.