Description
Humility is a quality which is often spoken about, but it is also one of the most misunderstood and misapplied... Some think of humility as being a weakness and others pretend to have it when they not humble at all, but nevertheless The Bible tells us humility is important; it is one of the qualities of a Biblical leader. According to scripture, God hates the proud; which is the humble person's antagonist. The Bible also says that God won't listen to us or be likely to help us if we refuse to humble ourselves before him, because the practice of humility is a sign of respect and honor. We ought to be humble before our God whether we're in trouble or in prosperity! And finally, if we live our life with humility before God and our fellow man, we will be far less likely to get into trouble.
"Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance." Saint Augustine.
Verses
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James 4:10: Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
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Proverbs 16:19-20: It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud. The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 8:2: Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
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Proverbs 22:4: The reward for humility and fearing the LORD is riches and honor and life.
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Colossians 3:12-13: Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.
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Matthew 18:2-4: He called a child, had him stand among them, and said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven! Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
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2 Chronicles 7:14: if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
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Philippians 2:5-8: You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had, who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature. He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death - even death on a cross!
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1 Peter 5:5-7: In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand by casting all your cares on him because he cares for you.
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James 4:6: But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble."
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Matthew 23:9-12: And call no one your 'father' on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one teacher, the Christ. The greatest among you will be your servant. And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
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Proverbs 29:23: A person's pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.
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Isaiah 5:15: Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.
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Isaiah 57:15: For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
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Created on May 20, 2014.
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