Meekness

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerning Jude 1:9Psalms 22:26Psalms 25:9Psalms 37:11Psalms 76:8Psalms 76:9Psalms 147:6Psalms 149:4Proverbs 14:29Proverbs 15:1Proverbs 15:18Proverbs 16:32Proverbs 17:1Proverbs 19:11Proverbs 20:3Proverbs 25:15Proverbs 29:8Ecclesiastes 7:8Ecclesiastes 10:4Isaiah 11:4Isaiah 29:19
• INSTANCES OF .AbrahamGenesis 13:8
• IsaacGenesis 26:20–22
• MosesExodus 2:13Exodus 14:13Exodus 14:14Exodus 15:24Exodus 16:7Exodus 16:8Exodus 17:2Numbers 12:3Numbers 16:4–11
• GideonJudges 8:2Judges 8:3
• Hannah1 Samuel 1:13–16
• Saul1 Samuel 10:27
• David1 Samuel 17:292 Samuel 16:9–14Psalms 38:13Psalms 38:14Psalms 120:5–7
• PaulActs 21:20–261 Thessalonians 2:72 Timothy 4:16
• The Thessalonians2 Thessalonians 1:4
• JOBJames 5:11
• The angel Jude 1:9

The passages, in Bible order (107)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 13:8

   So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.

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   “Abraham made the division, because "the territory"—says Scripture—"was insufficient to contain them both," because they were too rich. It is a worldly vice that land is always insufficient for the rich. Nothing satisfies the greed of the rich. The richer one is, the more greedily one desires possessions. The rich man is eager to extend the boundaries of his field, to exclude his neighbor. Is this what Abraham was like? Not at all, although at the beginning he too was imperfect. For where could perfection have come from before the coming of Christ?

   “For we be brethren - We are of the same family, worship the same God in the same way, have the same promises, and look for the same end. Why then should there be strife? If it appear to be unavoidable from our present situation, let that situation be instantly changed, for no secular advantages can counterbalance the loss of peace.

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2. Genesis 26:20–22

   But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.

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3. Exodus 2:13

   The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 2:131 voice

   “Thy fellow - “Thy neighbor.” the reproof was that of a legislator who established moral obligations on a recognized principle. Hence, in the following verse, the offender is represented as feeling that the position claimed by Moses was that of a Judge. The act could only have been made known by the Hebrew on whose behalf Moses had committed it.

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4. Exodus 14:13

   But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.

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   “For the Egyptians whom ... - The true sense is, ye shall never see the Egyptians in the same way, under the same circumstances.

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5. Exodus 14:14

   The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

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   “The Lord shall fight for you - Ye shall have no part in the honor of the day; God alone shall bring you off, and defeat your foes. Ye shall hold your peace - Your unbelieving fears and clamours shall be confounded, and ye shall see that by might none shall be able to prevail against the Lord, and that the feeblest shall take the prey when the power of Jehovah is exerted.

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6. Exodus 15:24

   So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

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   “The people murmured - They were in a state of great mental degradation, owing to their long and oppressive vassalage, and had no firmness of character. See Clarke’s note on Exo 13:17.

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7. Exodus 16:7

   and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we that you should grumble against us?”

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   “I shall give you another testimony, my friends, from the Scriptures, that God begat before all creatures a Beginning, [who was] a certain rational power [proceeding] from Himself, who is called by the Holy Spirit, now the Glory of the Lord, now the Son, again Wisdom, again an Angel, then God, and then Lord and Logos; and on another occasion He calls Himself Captain, when He appeared in human form to Joshua the son of Nave (Nun).

   “Ye shall see the glory of the Lord - Does it not appear that the glory of the Lord is here spoken of as something distinct from the Lord? for it is said He (the glory) heareth your murmurings against the Lord; though the Lord may be here put for himself, the antecedent instead of the relative.

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8. Exodus 16:8

   And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

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9. Exodus 17:2

   So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”

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10. Numbers 12:3

    Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.

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    Moreover, Moses himself, in spite of all the great and splendid achievements of faith and patience that are recorded of him, was never so highly praised by God as on this occasion when he took the Ethiopian wife. It is said of him, in reference to this: "Moses was a man exceeding meek above all men that are upon earth."

    “Now the man Moses was very meek - How could Moses, who certainly was as humble and modest as he was meek, write this encomium upon himself? I think the word is not rightly understood; ענו anav, which we translate meek, comes from ענה anah, to act upon, to humble, depress, afflict, and is translated so in many places in the Old Testament; and in this sense it should be understood here: “Now this man Moses was depressed or afflicted more than any man האדמה haadamah, of that land.” And why was he so?

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11. Numbers 16:4–11

    When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.

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12. Judges 8:2

    But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?

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    “Is not the gleaning, etc. - That is, The Ephraimites have performed more important services than Gideon and his men; and he supports the assertion by observing that it was they who took the two Midianitish generals, having discomfited their hosts at the passes of Jordan.

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13. Judges 8:3

    God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.

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14. 1 Samuel 1:13–16

    Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk

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    “This Hannah does in the first book of Kings [Samuel], portraying a type of the church, [she] prays to God not with a noisy petition but silently and modestly within the very recesses of her heart. She spoke with a hidden prayer but with manifest faith. She did not speak with the voice but with the heart, because she knew that so the Lord hears, and she effectually obtained what she sought, because she asked with faith.

    “Spake in her heart; only her lips moved - She prayed; her whole heart was engaged: and though she spake not with an audible voice, yet her lips formed themselves according to the pronunciation of the words which her heart uttered.

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15. 1 Samuel 10:27

    But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.

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    “This was an evidence both of his humility, and the mercifulness of his disposition. So Christ held his peace, in the day of his patience. But there is a day of recompense coming.

    “Presents - The מנחה mı̂nchāh was the token of homage and acknowledgment from the subject to the sovereign, and from the tributary nation to their suzerain. (See 2Sa 8:2, 2Sa 8:6; Jdg 3:17-18; 1Ki 4:21; 2Ki 17:4, etc.; Psa 72:10; Isa 16:1.) Saul dissembled his resentment, and waited for the favorable tide which soon came with the invasion of Nahash.

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16. 1 Samuel 17:29

    “What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”

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    “Is there not a cause? - i. e., is not Saul’s promise, and the insolence of Goliath, a sufficent cause for what I am about to do?

    “This conquest of his own passion was in some respects more honourable than his conquest of Goliath. He that hath rule over his own spirit is better than the mighty. It was no time for David to quarrel with his brother when the Philistines were upon them.

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