'Gentle' in the Bible

Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.

And the king gave orders to Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Because of me, be gentle to the young man Absalom. And this order about Absalom was given in the hearing of all the people.

And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.

Are the comforts of God not enough for you, and the gentle word which was said to you?

But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.

Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.

Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight.

He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.

For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.

As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.

Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.

Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

Men were cruel to him, but he was gentle and quiet; as a lamb taken to its death, and as a sheep before those who take her wool makes no sound, so he said not a word.

But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.

Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name:

Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.

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

See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

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.

When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.

What is your desire? is my coming to be with punishment, or is it to be in love and a gentle spirit?

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:

Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.

With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

Let your gentle behaviour be clear to all men. The Lord is near.

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

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

Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;

But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,

To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.

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

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.

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.