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Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.
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Job 42:3
You asked,‘ Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
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Psalms 101:5
Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.
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Jeremiah 45:5
Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.’”
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Psalms 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
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1 Thessalonians 2 6-1 Thessalonians 2 7
We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority.Instead, we were like young children among you. Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,
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Amos 7:14-15
Amos answered Amaziah,“ I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore- fig trees.But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me,‘ Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
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Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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1 Thessalonians 2 10
You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed.
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Acts 20:19
I served the Lord with great humility and with tears and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents.
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Psalms 122:1
I rejoiced with those who said to me,“ Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
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1 Samuel 16 13
So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David. Samuel then went to Ramah.
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Numbers 12:3
( Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
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Psalms 78:70-72
He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance.And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.
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Jeremiah 17:16
I have not run away from being your shepherd; you know I have not desired the day of despair. What passes my lips is open before you.
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1 Samuel 17 28-1 Samuel 17 29
When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked,“ Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”“ Now what have I done?” said David.“ Can’t I even speak?”
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Romans 11:33
Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
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Psalms 124:1
If the Lord had not been on our side— let Israel say—
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1 Samuel 17 15
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
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1 Samuel 16 22
Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying,“ Allow David to remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
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Deuteronomy 17:20
and not consider himself better than his fellow Israelites and turn from the law to the right or to the left. Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel.
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1 Samuel 18 23
They repeated these words to David. But David said,“ Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law? I’m only a poor man and little known.”
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Psalms 133:1
How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!
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1 Samuel 16 18
One of the servants answered,“ I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the Lord is with him.”