Numbers 12:3

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Numbers 12:3

(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)

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The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.

For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.

Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.

Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:

But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:

Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.

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And at the sound of the people weeping, every man at his tent-door, the wrath of the Lord was great, and Moses was very angry.

Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?

They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.

For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.