Matthew 5:5
Blessed are the humble! they will inherit the earth.
Matthew 7:7-8
Ask and the gift will be yours, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open to you;
Philippians 3:13-14
Brothers, I for one do not consider myself to have appropriated this; my one thought is, by forgetting what lies behind me and straining to what lies before me,
Colossians 3:2-4
mind what is above, not what is on earth,
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally, brothers, we beg and beseech you in the Lord Jesus to follow our instructions about the way you are to live so as to satisfy God; you are leading that life, but you are to excel in it still further.
1 Thessalonians 4:10
as indeed is your practice towards all the brothers throughout all Macedonia. We beseech you, brothers, to excel in this more and more;
James 1:21-22
so clear away all the foul rank growth of malice, and make a soil of modesty for the Word which roots itself inwardly with power to save your souls.
1 Peter 1:22
Now that your obedience to the Truth has purified your souls for a brotherly love that is sincere, love one another heartily and steadily.
1 Peter 3:4
but inside, in the heart, with the immortal beauty of a gentle and modest spirit, which in the sight of God is of rare value.
2 Peter 3:18
but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory now and to the day of eternity: Amen.