Bible Verses About Meekness: General references

The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.

From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still

when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah

The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.

For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.

A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.

Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.

The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.

If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.

Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope.

Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.

Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?