Meekness Can Be
- Mar 15, 2022
- 4 min read
Updated: Feb 28, 2025
Humility
Mildness
Strength
Yielding
Our power
Gentleness
Tenderness
Resignation
Moderateness
Our strength
Self control
Our authority
Submissiveness
Being controlled
A Christian grace
Submission to God
A sign of strength
Lowliness of heart
Mildness of temper
A spirit of content
Not being triggered
Power under control
To humble ourselves
A precious attribute
A fruit of the Spirit
Power under constraint
Strength under control
Strength in God's sight
Mercy and self-restraint
Overcoming evil with good
The power of self-control
A highly desirable quality
Forbearance under injuries
The government of passions
Not complaining of injuries
Humbleness and teachableness
To become the servant of all
Humility applied to the world
A temper opposite to irritable
Inward resilience and strength
A power that can't be countered
Absolute faith and trust in God
A grace commended by the Saviour
A servant-like leadership quality
Submissiveness to the divine will
Submissiveness to the divine will
Following God rather than the world
Humbleness, in an evangelical sense
Being slow to condemn, slow to anger
The nobility of the kingdom of heaven
Not allowing passion to take the lines
Not being easily provoked or irritated
A much misunderstood and maligned virtue
Spiritual strength harnessed for service
A calm temper of mind, not easily provoked
Not crying aloud for the redress of wrongs
The chief grace and perfection of the soul
The distinguishing feature of the disciple
When we can do something but choose not to
Righteousness, inner humility, and patience
An active proponent of what we know is right
Counting it better to suffer than to contend
Power completely surrendered to God's control
To walk in humility and contrition before God
A disposition of readiness to listen and learn
The strength and power and authority of Christ
Being kind and thoughtful of another’s interest
Not taking offense at the offenses of the world
Willingness to be submissive, humble and gentle
Denying ourselves and acting on behalf of others
A shield that breaks the fierce darts of the enemy
An evidence that we are branches of the living God
Diligently harnessing power for the good of others
The royal spirit that the King of heaven displayed
Enduring injury with patience and without resentment
Submission to suffering and to the will of the Father
The most untranslatable of words in the New Testament
God’s enabling strength to do what His Word prescribes
Willingness to share and sacrifice on behalf of others
Boldness, forgiveness, saying sorry, confidence, serving
Patience and laboring to be happy under all circumstances
The inward adorning which God estimates as of great price
A grace which receives little of the applauses of the world
Restraining unlawful anger, and moderating lawful resentment
Not lifting up or causing our voice to be heard in the streets
The patient and hopeful endurance of undesirable circumstances
Submission to the divine will, without murmuring or peevishness
Willingness to suffer disappointment and wrong, and not retaliate
Following the precepts of the gospel and the example of the saints
The antithesis of self-will, self-interest, and self-assertiveness
A precious grace, willing to suffer silently, willing to endure trials
An impressive self-control virtue that comes from our power as leaders
Genuine, quiet strength comfortable with self by making peace with God
Feeling anger, controlling it, and being angry only when we ought to be
The strong shield by which the arrows of wrath are broken or turned aside
A humble attitude that expresses itself in the patient endurance of offenses
Gentleness, humility, modesty, simplicity in faith, patience under all injury
Posturing ourselves as a signpost for someone or something else: pointing the way
Controlling destructive instincts that prevent us from living in harmony with others
The spirit which Christ manifested when suffering injury, when enduring insult and abuse
An unmistakable evidence that we are branches of the true vine and are bearing much fruit
Consulting the feelings of others, and being willing to bear much pain rather than inflict any
A grace that cleaves the stock, and holds it open, that the Word, as a shoot, may be grafted in
To always turn to God for help, for direction, for training and for the sheer joy of this blessing
Willingness to put ourselves in second place and submit ourselves to achieve what is good for others
The preservation of self-control under provocation to give way to anger or to the spirit of retaliation
Staying the angry blow, and being in that state and condition in which we do not feel like doing it at all
A grace which Jesus alone inculcated, and which no ancient philosopher seems to have understood or recommended
An active and deliberate acceptance of undesirable circumstances that are wisely seen as only part of a larger picture
A virtue that draws courage, strength, conviction, and good disposition from God, not from self-centered human resources
A pulling back of our own ego in such a way as to make the other more important or central to what is going on at the moment
An attitude or quality of heart whereby we are willing to accept and submit without resistance to the will and desire of someone else
When we are in a position of strength and power - yet choose not to use that power against our opponent, our critic, our accuser, our persecutor
An ornament, that, like the Israelites' clothes in the wilderness, never waxes old, nor will ever go out of fashion while right reason and religion have any place in the world