Bible Encyclopedia: Humility: Jacob

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Of the Way in which we Shall Mount Towards Perfection, Whereby we ...
... the Rule of S. Benedict c. vii., where a very similar description is given of twelve
grades "on the mystic ladder [of humility] which Jacob saw," evidently ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxxix of the way.htm

The Letter of the Church of Rome
... 3Isaac, fully realizing what was going to happen, gladly let himself be led to
sacrifice. ?^4In humility Jacob quit his homeland because of his brother. ...
/.../richardson/early christian fathers/the letter of the church.htm

Jacob Boehme: his Life and Spirit
... shining eyes looking him full in the face, took his hand and said, "Jacob, thou
art ... from his very youth up in the fear of God, in all humility and simplicity ...
/.../chapter ix jacob boehme his.htm

Humility is the Root of Charity, and Meekness the Fruit of Both. . ...
... down in the earth, the higher the tree grows above ground, as Jacob's ladder, the ...
Pride catches a fall,(422) and humility is raised on high; it descended that ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/chapter v humility is the.htm

Abraham, his Trial in Egypt; his Humility
... Humility, its tokens and blessing, [860]4; its origin, [861]5; exalts to heaven ... Jacob,
sought not his own, [904]147; poor and in bondage, [905]173; naturally ...
/.../abraham his trial in egypt.htm

Psalm CXXXII.
... use his power), he rather turned towards mercy what God gave him....The humility
of David ... unto the Lord, and vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob" (ver.2 ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxxxii.htm

Two Retrospects of one Life
... And there may be little more than conventional humility in the words of my first
text. ... In the former of them there is nothing about God. It is all Jacob. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/two retrospects of one life.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, John i. 48,"When Thou Wast under the ...
... Woe to the Jews, for that when Christ lay low in His humility, they stumbled against
Him. ... Therefore Jacob anointed the stone. Did he make an idol of it? ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon lxxii on the words.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. viii. 8, "I am not Worthy that ...
... [2169] Yet the centurion's faith is praised for its humility. ... shall come from the
east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xii on the words.htm

John Chapter iii. 21-Jun
... seeking the inheritance of Christ, so as to be as it were a son of Jacob by a ... No
man is born of the Spirit if he be not humble, for humility itself makes us to ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate xii john chapter iii.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have showed to your servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Subtopics

Humility

Humility is Before Honor

Humility: A Characteristic of Saints

Humility: Abraham

Humility: Afflictions Intended to Produce

Humility: Ahab

Humility: Blessedness of

Humility: Centurion

Humility: Christ an Example of

Humility: Cornelius

Humility: David