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Humility definition and references: A prominent Christian grace (Romans 12:3; 15:17, 18; 1 Corinthians 3:5-7; 2 Corinthians 3:5; Philemon 4:11-13). It is a state of mind well pleasing to God (1 Peter 3:4); it preserves the soul in tranquillity (Psalms 69:32, 33), and makes us patient under trials (Job 1:22).
Christ has set us an example of humility (Philemon 2:6-8). We should be led thereto by a remembrance of our sins (Lamentations 3:39), and by the thought that it is the way to honour (Proverbs 16:18), and that the greatest promises are made to the humble (Psalms 147:6; Isaiah 57:15; 66:2; 1 Peter 5:5). It is a “great paradox in Christianity that it makes humility the avenue to glory.”
Humility definition and references: –General scriptures concerning Deuteronomy 9:4-29; 15:15; 32:7;
Job 5:11; 22:29; 25:5,6; Psalms 9:12; 10:17; 22:6,26; 25:9; 37:11; 69:32; 86:1; 131:1,2;
138:6; 147:6; Proverbs 3:34; 10:8; 11:2; 12:15; 15:33; 16:19; 18:12; 22:4; 25:6,7; 27:2;
29:23; 30:32; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Isaiah 29:19; 51:1; 57:15; 66:2; Jeremiah 45:5; Ezekiel 16:63; Micah 6:8;
Zephaniah 3:11,12; Matthew 5:3; 11:29; 18:2-4; 20:26,27; 23:12; Mark 9:33-37; 10:43,44; Luke 1:52;
9:46-48; 10:21; 14:10,11; 17:10; 18:13,14; 22:24-27; John 13:14-16; Romans 11:18,20,25;
12:3,10,16; 1 Corinthians 1:28,29; 2:1-3; 3:18; 10:12; 13:4; 2 Corinthians 11:30; 12:5-12; Galatians 5:26;
6:14; Ephesians 4:2; 5:21; Philippians 2:3-11; Colossians 3:12; James 1:9,10,19; 3:1; 4:6,10; 1 Peter 5:3,5,6
–Exemplified Genesis 18:27,32; 32:10; 41:16; Exodus 3:11; 4:10;
2 Samuel 7:18,19; 1 Kings 3:7; 1 Chronicles 17:17; 29:14; 2 Chronicles 1:10; 2:6; Ezra 9:13; Job 7:17,18; 9:14,15;
10:15; 33:6; 40:4,5; 42:4-6; Psalms 8:3,4; 73:22; 131:1,2; 141:5; 144:3,4; Proverbs 30:2,3;
Isaiah 6:5; 38:15; Jeremiah 1:6; 10:23,24; Daniel 2:30; Matthew 3:14; 8:8; 15:27; 25:37-40; Luke 7:6,7;
John 1:27; 3:29,30; Acts 3:12; Romans 7:18; 1 Corinthians 15:9,10; 2 Corinthians 3:5; 12:7; Ephesians 3:8; Philippians 3:12,13;
4:12; Timothy 1:15; Revelation 4:10
–Instances Of
–Joseph Genesis 41:16
–David 1 Samuel 18:18-23; 24:14; 26:20; 2 Samuel 7:18-29; 1 Chronicles
17:16-27
–Mephibosheth 2 Samuel 9:8
–Ahab 1 Kings 21:29
–Josiah 2 Chronicles 34:27
–Elihu Job 32:4-7
–Isaiah Isaiah 6:5
–Elisabeth Luke 1:43
–John the Baptist Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16
–Cornelius Acts 10:33
–Paul Romans 1:12; 16:7
–Peter Luke 5:8; 1 Peter 5:1
–John Revelation 1:9
Humility refers to:—Trench defines ‘humility’ as the esteeming of ourselves small, inasmuch as we are so; the thinking truly, and because truly, therefore lowlily, of ourselves. Alford, Ellicott, Salmond, Vincent, and many others agree. It is an inadequate and faulty definition. A man may be small and may realize his smallness, and yet be far from being humble. His spirit may be full of envy instead of humility. He may be depressed in spirit because he sees his own meanness and general worthlessness, and yet he may be as rebellious against his lot or his constitutional proclivities as he is clearly cognizant of them. Low-mindedness is not lowly-mindedness. The exhortation of Philippians 2:3 does not mean that every man ought to think that everybody else is better than himself in moral character, or in outward conduct, or in natural or inherited powers. That would be impossible in some cases and untruthful in many others. It is not an exhortation to either an impossibility or an untruthfulness. A better definition of the Christian grace of humility is found in the union of highest self-respect with uttermost abandon of sacrifice in service. A man who knows his own superior worth and yet is willing to serve his inferiors in Christian love is a humble man. The classic example in the NT is John 13:3-15 . The Lord, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He came forth from God and would go again unto God, knowing His incomparable superiority to every one in that company, was yet so meek and lowly in heart, so humble in spirit and ready for service, that He girded Himself with a towel and washed the disciples’ feet. The consciousness of His own transcendent worth was in no respect inconsistent with His humility. Genuine humility leads the strong to serve the weak.
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Search found 280 books and stories containing Humility; (plurals include: Humilities). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section LXVIII < [Rajadharmanusasana Parva]
Section XXVIII < [Arjunabhigamana Parva]
Section XXXIX < [Udyoga Parva]
Religion as Animal and Alive < [Volume 10, Issue 6 (2019)]
Pilgrim Reverence as a Pathway to Ecological Conversion < [Volume 14, Issue 3 (2023)]
Mystery and Humility in the Depths of Understanding of Reality < [Volume 14, Issue 4 (2023)]
The Letter and the Tears < [October 1939]
Unto The Last < [October 1969]
Unto the Last < [October – December, 1980]
Summa Theologica (English translation) (by St. Thomas Aquinas)
Question. 161 - Of humility (six articles) < [Treatise on fortitude and temperance]
Question. 162 - Of pride (eight articles) < [Treatise on fortitude and temperance]
Question. 143 - Of the parts of temperance, in general (one article) < [Treatise on fortitude and temperance]
Teresa of Avila's Liberative Humility < [Vol. 3, Issue 1 (2014)]
Resisting the Less Important: Aquinas on Modesty < [Vol. 6, Issue 2 (2017)]
Review of Matthew Levering, Aquinas’s Eschatological Ethics and the Virtue of... < [Vol. 10, Issue 2 (2021)]
Sustainability through Humility < [Volume 15, Issue 19 (2023)]
The Mechanism of Leader-Expressed Humility on a Physical Education Teacher’s... < [Volume 15, Issue 12 (2023)]
Influence of Paternalistic Leadership on Employee Innovation Behavior and New... < [Volume 15, Issue 7 (2023)]