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Bible lessons about humility for kids
The Bible teaches that God lifts up the humble and humbles the proud. Jesus, the King of kings, washed His disciples’ feet and gave Himself for us.
Here are 10 free lessons that help children learn humility from the Bible itself. Every lesson has a story film, a coloring page, a class sheet, a teacher guide, questions with answers and a game, ready to teach.
“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”James 4:10 (KJV)
- Lessons
- 10
- Passages
- Exodus 7:14–10:29, Genesis 11:1–9, Genesis 13:1–18, Genesis 41:37–57, Genesis 43:1–44:34, Judges 7:1–25, and more
- Ages
- Preschool to preteen (3 to 12), with tips for each age
- Each lesson
- Story film (KJV), coloring page, class sheet, teacher guide, questions and answers, a game
- Cost
- Free: no subscription, no cost per child, no sign-up to teach
10 Bible lessons about humility
The Plagues on Egypt
Exodus 7:14–10:29 · story film
God sent plagues on Egypt: the river turned to blood, then frogs, lice, flies, sickness on the cattle, boils, hail, locusts and three days of darkness. But where God’s people lived in Goshen, there was light.
Big idea: The LORD is greater than every false god.
Memory verse:
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Exodus 9:16 (KJV)Ask: What happened to the river first? It turned to blood.
Game: Plague Toss (about 10 minutes)
The Tower of Babel
Genesis 11:1–9 · story film
After the flood the whole earth had one language. On a plain in the land of Shinar the people made bricks and began to build a city and a tower whose top might reach unto heaven, to make a name for themselves. The LORD came down, confounded their language so they could not understand one another, and scattered them abroad, so the place was called Babel.
Big idea: All the glory belongs to God, not to us.
Memory verse:
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
Psalm 115:1 (KJV)Ask: What did the people build with? Brick instead of stone, and slime (a kind of tar) for mortar (Genesis 11:3).
Game: Babel Whisper (about 8 minutes)
Abram Lets Lot Choose
Genesis 13:1–18 · story film
Abram and his nephew Lot had so many flocks, herds and tents that the land could not hold them both, and their herdmen began to quarrel. Abram said there should be no strife between them, “for we be brethren,” and he let Lot choose first; Lot chose the well-watered plain of Jordan. Then God told Abram to look northward, southward, eastward and westward, and promised all that land to him and his seed for ever.
Big idea: Peacemakers put others first and trust God to take care of them.
Memory verse:
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Matthew 5:9 (KJV)Ask: Why could Abram and Lot not dwell together? Their substance was so great that the land could not bear them, and their herdmen had strife (Genesis 13:6–7).
Game: Stand Up Together (about 10 minutes)
Joseph Saves Egypt
Genesis 41:37–57 · story film
Pharaoh saw that the Spirit of God was in Joseph and set him over all the land of Egypt, with his own ring, fine linen and a gold chain. In the seven years of plenty Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, and when the famine came there was bread in Egypt. Pharaoh told the hungry people, “Go unto Joseph,” and all countries came to Egypt to buy corn.
Big idea: God lifts up the humble and uses them to help many people.
Memory verse:
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
James 4:10 (KJV)Ask: What did Pharaoh say about Joseph? “Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?” (Genesis 41:38).
Game: Go Unto Joseph (about 10 minutes)
The Silver Cup
Genesis 43:1–44:34 · story film
When the food ran out, Judah promised his father, “I will be surety for him,” and the brothers took Benjamin down to Egypt. Joseph wept in secret when he saw his younger brother, feasted them all in his house, and then had his silver cup hidden in Benjamin’s sack to test them. When the cup was found, Judah, who had once helped sell Joseph, begged to stay as a servant in Benjamin’s place so that the lad could go home to his father.
Big idea: God can change our hearts so that we put others before ourselves.
Memory verse:
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 (KJV)Ask: What did Judah promise his father Jacob about Benjamin? That he would be surety for him: if he did not bring Benjamin back, he would bear the blame for ever (Genesis 43:9).
Game: Grain Sack Race (about 10 minutes)
Gideon’s Three Hundred
Judges 7:1–25 · story film
Gideon gathered thousands of men against the Midianites, but God said there were too many, so that no one could boast, “Mine own hand hath saved me.” God sent home everyone who was afraid and then kept only the three hundred men who lapped the water. At night they stood round the camp with trumpets and with lamps hidden in empty pitchers; they blew, broke the pitchers and cried, “The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon,” and the whole host of Midian ran away.
Big idea: God can win with a few, so that all the glory goes to Him.
Memory verse:
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Psalm 20:7 (KJV)Ask: Why did God say Gideon had too many men? So Israel would not boast, “Mine own hand hath saved me” (Judges 7:2).
Game: Lamps and Pitchers (about 10 minutes)
Naaman Is Healed
2 Kings 5:1–19 · story film
Naaman, the great captain of Syria, was a leper, and a little maid from Israel told her mistress that God’s prophet could heal him. Elisha sent word to wash in Jordan seven times; Naaman was angry at first, but he listened to his servants, dipped seven times, and his flesh came again like the flesh of a little child. Jesus Himself remembered Naaman to show that God’s mercy reaches every nation (Luke 4:27).
Big idea: God graciously heals and saves those who humbly trust His word.
Memory verse:
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
Jeremiah 17:14 (KJV)Ask: Who told Naaman’s wife about the prophet in Samaria? A little maid from Israel who waited on her (2 Kings 5:2–3).
Game: Seven Dips (about 10 minutes)
The Writing on the Wall
Daniel 5:1–31 · story film
King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand lords and drank from the golden vessels taken from God’s temple in Jerusalem, praising gods of gold and silver. Suddenly the fingers of a man’s hand wrote on the wall, and none of the king’s wise men could read it. Daniel read MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN: the proud king had been weighed in the balances and found wanting, and that very night the kingdom passed to Darius the Median.
Big idea: God sees everything, so we should honour Him instead of being proud.
Memory verse:
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18 (KJV)Ask: What did Belshazzar and his lords drink from at the feast? The golden and silver vessels taken out of the temple in Jerusalem (Daniel 5:2–3).
Game: Secret Writing (about 15 minutes)
Paul in Lystra
Acts 14:8–22 · story film
In Lystra, Paul healed a man who had never walked. The crowd wanted to worship Paul and Barnabas as gods, but they tore their clothes and pointed the people to the living God.
Big idea: All glory belongs to God alone.
Memory verse:
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Acts 14:22 (KJV)Ask: Who did Paul heal in Lystra? A man crippled from birth who had never walked.
Game: Not Me, It’s God! (about 8 minutes)
Paul’s Farewell
Acts 20:17–38 · story film
At Miletus Paul said goodbye to the elders of Ephesus. He reminded them to care for the church and to remember that it is more blessed to give than to receive. They knelt and prayed together.
Big idea: Giving brings more blessing than getting.
Memory verse:
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Acts 20:35 (KJV)Ask: Who did Paul say goodbye to? The elders of the church at Ephesus.
Game: Give It Away (about 10 minutes)
Teaching humility at every age
- Preschool: Act out washing a friend’s feet or hands, and say, “Jesus served others.”
- Elementary: Compare the Tower of Babel and Joseph giving God the glory: who got the glory in each story?
- Preteens: Read Philippians 2:3–8 and ask what it looks like to put others first.
A 8-week series on humility
| Week 1 | The Plagues on Egypt (Exodus 7:14–10:29). The LORD is greater than every false god. |
|---|---|
| Week 2 | The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9). All the glory belongs to God, not to us. |
| Week 3 | Abram Lets Lot Choose (Genesis 13:1–18). Peacemakers put others first and trust God to take care of them. |
| Week 4 | Joseph Saves Egypt (Genesis 41:37–57). God lifts up the humble and uses them to help many people. |
| Week 5 | The Silver Cup (Genesis 43:1–44:34). God can change our hearts so that we put others before ourselves. |
| Week 6 | Gideon’s Three Hundred (Judges 7:1–25). God can win with a few, so that all the glory goes to Him. |
| Week 7 | Naaman Is Healed (2 Kings 5:1–19). God graciously heals and saves those who humbly trust His word. |
| Week 8 | The Writing on the Wall (Daniel 5:1–31). God sees everything, so we should honour Him instead of being proud. |
Each week: welcome and pray, show the story film, talk through the questions, learn the memory verse, then color the page or do the class sheet.
Bible verses about humility to memorize
“And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.”
Exodus 9:16 · The Plagues on Egypt
“Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.”
Psalm 115:1 · The Tower of Babel
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”
Matthew 5:9 · Abram Lets Lot Choose
“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”
James 4:10 · Joseph Saves Egypt
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
John 15:13 · The Silver Cup
“Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.”
Psalm 20:7 · Gideon’s Three Hundred
“Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.”
Jeremiah 17:14 · Naaman Is Healed
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
Proverbs 16:18 · The Writing on the Wall
Questions people ask
What does the Bible teach kids about humility?
The Bible teaches that God lifts up the humble and humbles the proud. Jesus, the King of kings, washed His disciples’ feet and gave Himself for us. “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.” (James 4:10, KJV)
Which Bible stories teach humility?
The Plagues on Egypt (Exodus 7:14–10:29), The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9), Abram Lets Lot Choose (Genesis 13:1–18), Joseph Saves Egypt (Genesis 41:37–57), The Silver Cup (Genesis 43:1–44:34), and 5 more on this page.
How do I teach humility to kids?
Point to Jesus, who served His disciples (John 13), and to stories where God lifted up the humble, like Joseph and Gideon.
How do I teach humility to preschoolers?
Act out washing a friend’s feet or hands, and say, “Jesus served others.”
Are these lessons free?
Yes. Every lesson, film, coloring page, class sheet and game is free for churches, families and schools, with no subscription, no cost per child and no sign-up needed to teach.
Which Bible translation is used?
The films and memory verses show the King James Version word for word. In the lessons you can switch the verses to the Berean Standard Bible, the ESV or dozens of other English Bibles, every verse is labelled with its translation, and tapping a verse on the film opens its whole chapter.
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