Bible Verses About Meekness: General references

The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek ADONAI will praise him; Your hearts will enjoy life forever.

leads the humble to do what is right and teaches the humble [to live] his way.

turn from evil, and do good; seek peace, go after it!

But the meek will inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.

You pronounce sentence from heaven; the earth grows silent with fear

when God arises to judge, to save all the humble of the earth. (Selah)

ADONAI sustains the humble but brings the wicked down to the ground.

for ADONAI takes delight in his people, he crowns the humble with salvation.

Being slow to anger goes with great understanding, being quick-tempered makes folly still worse.

A gentle response deflects fury, but a harsh word makes tempers rise.

Hot-tempered people stir up strife, but patient people quiet quarrels.

He who controls his temper is better than a war hero, he who rules his spirit better than he who captures a city.

Better a dry piece of bread with calm than a house full of food but also full of strife.

People with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.

Avoiding quarrels brings a person honor; for any fool can explode in anger.

With patience a ruler may be won over, and a gentle tongue can break bones.

Scoffers can inflame a city, but the wise can calm the fury.

The end of something is better than its beginning, so the patient are better than the proud.

If a ruler gets angry at you, stay at your post, because calmness soothes great offenses.

but he will judge the impoverished justly; he will decide fairly for the humble of the land. He will strike the land with a rod from his mouth and slay the wicked with a breath from his lips.

The humble will again rejoice in ADONAI and the poor exult in the Holy One of Isra'el,

Let him sit alone in silence when he has laid it on him.

Let him submit absolutely; there may yet be hope.

Let him offer his cheek to the one who strikes it, and receive his fill of insults.

Do two people travel together without having so agreed?