Bible Verses About Meekness: General references

The poore shall eate and be satisfied: they that seeke after the Lord, shall prayse him: your heart shall liue for euer.

Them that be meeke, will hee guide in iudgement, and teach the humble his way.

Eschewe euill and doe good: seeke peace and follow after it.

But meeke men shall possesse the earth, and shall haue their delite in the multitude of peace.

Thou didest cause thy iudgement to bee heard from heauen: therefore the earth feared and was still,

When thou, O God, arose to iudgement, to helpe all the meeke of the earth. Selah.

The Lord relieueth the meeke, and abaseth the wicked to the ground.

For the Lord hath pleasure in his people: he will make the meeke glorious by deliuerance.

He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.

A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.

An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but hee that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.

He that is slowe vnto anger, is better then the mightie man: and hee that ruleth his owne minde, is better then he that winneth a citie.

Better is a dry morsell, if peace be with it, then an house full of sacrifices with strife.

The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is to passe by an offence.

It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.

A Prince is pacified by staying of anger, and a soft tongue breaketh the bones.

Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.

For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.

If the spirite of him that ruleth, rise vp against thee, leaue not thy place: for gentlenes pacifieth great sinnes.

But with righteousnesse shall he iudge the poore, and with equitie shall he reprooue for the meeke of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lippes shall he slay the wicked.

The meeke in the Lord shall receiue ioye againe, and the poore men shall reioyce in the holy one of Israel.

He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it vpon him.

He putteth his mouth in the dust, if there may be hope.

Hee giueth his cheeke to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproches.

Can two walke together except they bee agreed?