A discouraging sense of being of less importance or value in comparison with others.

Judges 6:15

Inferiority as a depressing lack of self-worth

Psalms 22:6
1 Corinthians 2:3

See also

1 Samuel 18:23
Nehemiah 4:4; 6:9
Psalms 31:9-10; 70:5; 74:21; 86:1; 109:22; 119:25,141
Ecclesiastes 9:16
Isaiah 33:8
Jeremiah 22:28
Lamentations 1:11
Malachi 2:9
Isaiah 6:5

Inferiority as a healthy sense of unworthiness

Matthew 5:3
Luke 5:8

See also

2 Samuel 12:13
Job 42:6
Psalms 38:1-22; 51:3-5
Revelation 1:17; 3:17
Obadiah 1:2

God's judgment will bring inferiority on on proud nations

See also

Isaiah 16:14
Jeremiah 49:15
Ezekiel 29:15
Job 12:3

Refusing to be intimidated by a sense of inferiority

1 Timothy 4:12

See also

Job 13:2
2 Corinthians 11:5; 12:11
Titus 2:15
Deuteronomy 7:7-8

God values those regarded as inferior and uses them

1 Corinthians 1:27-28

See also

1 Samuel 2:8
Psalms 12:5; 34:6; 35:10; 36:7; 40:17; 72:13; 136:23; 140:12
Isaiah 11:4; 25:4; 29:19; 41:14; 49:7; 61:1-3
Hosea 11:1-4
Matthew 8:2-4

Jesus Christ valued those traditionally regarded as inferior

Matthew 9:10-13

the diseased and ritually unclean

Matthew 15:21-29

the morally unacceptable

Matthew 19:13-14

non-Jews

Luke 18:13

children

John 4:9

those who are ashamed of their sins

women

Luke 14:13

Believers are to help and encourage those who feel inferior

Romans 12:16

See also

Psalms 82:3-4
1 Thessalonians 5:14
Hebrews 12:12-13

See also

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5916 pessimism
5961 superiority
6154 fall, the
8276 humility
8305 meekness
8341 separation
8357 weakness
8713 discouragement
8741 failure