'Gentle' in the Bible
Let my teaching fall like rainand my word settle like dew,like gentle rain on new grassand showers on tender plants.
A gentle answer turns away anger,but a harsh word stirs up wrath.
A ruler can be persuaded through patience,and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
The gentle are blessed,for they will inherit the earth.
All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves.
Tell Daughter Zion,“Look, your King is coming to you,gentle, and mounted on a donkey,even on a colt,the foal of a beast of burden.”
When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they had achieved their purpose. They weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.
Brothers, if someone is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual should restore such a person with a gentle spirit, watching out for yourselves so you also won’t be tempted.
Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles, instead we were gentle among you, as a nursing mother nurtures her own children.
not addicted to wine, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy—
The Lord’s slave must not quarrel, but must be gentle to everyone, able to teach, and patient,
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy.
Household slaves, submit with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.
Instead, it should consist of what is inside the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very valuable in God’s eyes.