Bible Dictionary: Humility: Excellency of

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Proverbs 16:19
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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Humility is the Root of Charity, and Meekness the Fruit of Both. . ...
... Humility doth not exclude all knowledge of any excellency in itself, or defect in
another, it can discern, but this is the worth of it: that it thinks soberly ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/chapter v humility is the.htm

On the Excellency of Religion and Divine Love.
... The excellency of this grace will be easily acknowledged; for what can be more ... The
last branch of religion is humility; and however to vulgar and carnal eyes ...
/.../scougal/the life of god in the soul of man/part ii on the excellency.htm

A Discourse of the Building, Nature, Excellency, and Government of ...
... all those portions of sacred writ which illustrate the nature, excellency, and
government ... In order hereunto, humility Must be put on, it is our livery, We must ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse of the building.htm

Epistle cxxii. To Rechared, King of the visigoths .
... It is the duty, then, of your Excellency, with regard to this so great gift ... of the
nation subject to you, to keep with all your might, first humility of heart ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle cxxii to rechared king.htm

Of the Second Sort of Unions: to Wit, Passive. ...
... to approach unto a soul, and the soul's duty is, in humility, to draw ... nature in
everything and upon every occasion desireth a proper excellency and sublimity ...
/.../chapter iii of the second.htm

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
... Humility is the sweet spice that grows from poverty of spirit. ... He who is swollen
with an opinion of self-excellency and self-sufficiency, is not fit for Christ ...
/.../watson/the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/4 blessed are the poor.htm

"Boast not Thyself of To-Morrow, for Thou Knowest not what a Day ...
... 2, "The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad." As humility and self ... misapprehended
as present sense suggests, and as it fancies a conveniency or excellency. ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon vi boast not thyself.htm

Matt. v. 1, 2
... for them only, but also for all who arrive at the same excellency, He weaves ... trembleth
at My words?" [589] For indeed there are many kinds of humility: one is ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xv matt v 1.htm

Letter xxiv (Circa AD 1126) to Oger, Regular Canon
... For if you do not allow yourself to be humiliated, you cannot attain to humility. ...
he restrains his own soul, who is even afraid to let the excellency that is ...
/.../some letters of saint bernard abbot of clairvaux/letter xxiv circa a d 1126.htm

Of the Mortification of the Affections of the Will...
... This is the main, universal, unalterable ground of Humility, by virtue of which
all ... any good to come from any but God only, or to ascribe excellency or praise ...
/.../chapter xiii of the mortification.htm

Subtopics

Humility

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Humility: Afflictions Intended to Produce

Humility: Ahab

Humility: Blessedness of

Humility: Centurion

Humility: Christ an Example of

Humility: Cornelius

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