but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man, but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,
Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord, and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
The Lord lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked to the ground.
We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
All glorious is the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.
since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.
I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!—
“Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was the quartermaster.
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