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2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
View on BibleGateway16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be conceited.
View on BibleGateway3 Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
View on BibleGateway2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.
View on BibleGateway3 Do not let your adorning be external--the braiding of hair, the wearing of gold, or the putting on of clothing-- 4 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.
View on BibleGateway12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
View on BibleGateway23 One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
View on BibleGateway4 The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.
View on BibleGateway6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
View on BibleGateway14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
View on BibleGateway13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
View on BibleGateway29 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. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
View on BibleGateway12 Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
View on BibleGateway35 And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, "If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."
View on BibleGateway8 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
View on BibleGateway28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
View on BibleGateway2 "Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
View on BibleGateway8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
View on BibleGateway18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
View on BibleGateway33 The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
View on BibleGateway8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. 9 He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
View on BibleGateway48 and said to them, "Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great."
View on BibleGateway13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
View on BibleGateway4 For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
View on BibleGateway45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
View on BibleGateway20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
View on BibleGateway37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
View on BibleGateway1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
View on BibleGateway16 "And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
View on BibleGateway9 "Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles'?
View on BibleGateway11 for it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God."
View on BibleGateway6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
View on BibleGateway14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
View on BibleGateway7 The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.
View on BibleGateway26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,
View on BibleGateway9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
View on BibleGateway9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
View on BibleGateway8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. 9 He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
View on BibleGateway4 For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
View on BibleGateway1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
View on BibleGateway6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
View on BibleGateway14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
View on BibleGateway2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.
View on BibleGateway33 The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
View on BibleGateway12 Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
View on BibleGateway4 The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.
View on BibleGateway23 One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
View on BibleGateway9 "Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles'?
View on BibleGateway37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
View on BibleGateway8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
View on BibleGateway9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
View on BibleGateway2 "Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
View on BibleGateway16 "And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
View on BibleGateway29 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. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
View on BibleGateway26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,
View on BibleGateway35 And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, "If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."
View on BibleGateway45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
View on BibleGateway48 and said to them, "Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great."
View on BibleGateway14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
View on BibleGateway16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be conceited.
View on BibleGateway11 for it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God."
View on BibleGateway28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
View on BibleGateway13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
View on BibleGateway20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
View on BibleGateway2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
View on BibleGateway3 Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
View on BibleGateway12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
View on BibleGateway18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
View on BibleGateway9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
View on BibleGateway13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
View on BibleGateway3 Do not let your adorning be external--the braiding of hair, the wearing of gold, or the putting on of clothing-- 4 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.
View on BibleGateway8 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
View on BibleGateway6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
View on BibleGateway