Meekness

A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Meekness’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.

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Nave's Topical Bible

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

Psalms 22:26 OT

The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
Psalms 25:9 OT

He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.
Psalms 37:11 OT

But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms 76:8 OT

You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was silent,
Psalms 76:9 OT

when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth.
Psalms 147:6 OT

Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
Psalms 149:4 OT

For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.
Proverbs 14:29 OT

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
Proverbs 15:1 OT

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:18 OT

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 16:32 OT

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 17:1 OT

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
Proverbs 19:11 OT

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 20:3 OT

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 25:15 OT

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.
Proverbs 29:8 OT

Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 OT

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecclesiastes 10:4 OT

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
Isaiah 11:4 OT

but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
Isaiah 29:19 OT

The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Lamentations 3:28-30 OT

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him. Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope. Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
Amos 3:3 OT

Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?
Zephaniah 2:3 OT

Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger.
Matthew 5:5 NT

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.