Bible Dictionary: Being Humble

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Greek

5013. tapeinoo -- to make low, fig. to humble
... Cognate: 5013 -- make (become) , to humble. See 5011 (). With the believer, 5013
("show humility, true lowliness") happens by being fully dependent on the Lord ...
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5011. tapeinos -- low-lying, fig. lowly, hence lowly in spirit
... See 5012 (). 5011 (", humble") means being #NAME?#NAME? a person (brings them ,
cf. 1 Pet 5:6). Word Origin a prim. word Definition low-lying, fig. ...
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5012. tapeinophrosune -- lowliness of mind, humility
... human pride (self-government); that of mindset of "having a humble opinion of ... into
alignment with this inner revelation to keep one from being (self-determining ...
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Topical Bible Verses

1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
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James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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Psalm 25:9
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
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2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
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Library

John Chapter i. 19-33
... answered them, saying, I baptize with water; but there standeth One among you whom
ye know not." For, very truly, He was not seen, being humble, and therefore ...
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Psalm XLIX.
... trust in our own virtue, let us not glory in the abundance of our own riches, but
let us glory in Him who hath promised to us, being humble, exaltation, and ...
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Psalm LXXXVI.
... not lift up thy neck: for unto the humble He draweth near: from him that is exalted
He removes afar off, except whom He Himself hath exalted from being humble. ...
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How Another in Like Manner, Being at the Point of Death, Saw the ...
... saying, that he who will not willingly humble himself and enter the gate of the
church must needs be led against his will into the gate of Hell, being damned. ...
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The Paradoxes of Christianity
... Thus it loses both the poetry of being proud and the poetry of being humble. ... They,
being humble, could parade themselves: but we are too proud to be prominent. ...
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John iii. 6
... things, and calling to mind our own transgressions, and the common nature of man,
let us be careful at all times to speak gently, that being humble in heart we ...
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How the Same Holy Man, Being Detained There by Sickness, by his ...
... How the same holy man, being detained there by sickness, by his prayers quenched ...
A great crowd of people watched day and night before the humble cottage; some ...
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How did Christ Humble Himself in his Conception and Birth?
... Question 47: How did Christ humble himself in his conception and birth? Answer:
Christ humbled himself in his conception and birth, in that, being from all ...
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Letter xiii. --On Being Self-Opinionated.
... Letter XIII."On being Self-Opinionated. ... blinded and deceived, the less they know
how to humble themselves the further they are from real greatness. ...
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Hebrews xi. 20-22
... sake. Why then, you ask, being so humble did he not repel either the adoration
which was paid him by the king, or the offerings? ...
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