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Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.
For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;
And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.
Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.
If my people, on whom my name is named, make themselves low and come to me in prayer, searching for me and turning from their evil ways; then I will give ear from heaven, overlooking their sin, and will give life again to their land.
And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel.
But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.
My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad.
He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.
As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;
But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.
Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.
With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;
A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.
But I will still have among you a quiet and poor people, and they will put their faith in the name of the Lord.
Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.
Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:
Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.
But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.
Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.
The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.
And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.
The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.
Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:
The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers of God, let your hearts have life.
It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.
Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;
Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.
For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
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Character » Of saints » Humble
My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad.
And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
Character of saints » Humble
My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad.
And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
Christ, character of » Humble
And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.
For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.
Humble » Penitence, examples of » Service
Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.
And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.
And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia, Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:
Humble » Penitence, examples of » Manasseh
And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,
Humble » Penitence, examples of » Josiah
And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.
Humble » Penitence, examples of » Rehoboam and the princes
Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright.
Humble » Examples of Leadership » King david
And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king?
Humble » Penitence, examples of » Ahab
Do you see how Ahab has made himself low before me? because he has made himself low before me, I will not send the evil in his life-time, but in his son's time I will send the evil on his family.
Humble » Examples of Leadership » King saul
And Saul said, Am I not a man of Benjamin, the smallest of all the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of the families of Benjamin? why then do you say these words to me?
Humble » Examples of Leadership » Jeremiah
Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.
Humble » Examples of Leadership » John the baptist
But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?
Humble » Examples of Leadership » moses
And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?
Humble » Examples of Leadership » King solomon
And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.
Humble » Examples of Leadership » gideon
And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
Humble » Penitence, examples of » The prodigal son
I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:
Humble » Penitence, examples of » The publican
The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Humble » Examples of Leadership » Isaiah
Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
Ministers » Should be » Humble
Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:
Service » Half-hearted » Humble
Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.
And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.
And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia, Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:
Topics on Humble
Be Humble!
Ephesians 4:2With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;
Being Humble
James 4:10Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.
God And The Humble
Psalm 138:6Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.
Humble Yourself
James 4:10Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.
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