Defined as ... Acknowledging my shortcomings and never thinking myself to be above others.
“Once a chess game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.”
~ Italian Proverb ~
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.”
~ Rick Warren ~
“It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. - ”
~ Saint Augustine ~
1. Herod
(Acts 12:1-3, 18-24)
2. Nebuchadnezzar
(Daniel 4:25-37; 5:18-22)
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“Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.”
1 Peter 5:5-6
“A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.”
Proverbs 29:23
“Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.”
Proverbs 16:19
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”
Philippians 2:3
“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.”
Romans 12:3