Psalms 34:2: “My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear [thereof], and be glad.” I find the contrast to be quite interesting. The soul will boast and the humble will be glad. I don’t know about but I am never glad when I hear someone boasting. I find
Job 22:29: “When men are cast down thou shalt say, there is lifting up, and he shall save the humble person.” Job 22 is the reply to Job by his friend Eliphaz. It is suggested by many that his name means god of gold. This is likely due to an assumption that the root
II Chronicles 12:7: “”And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah saying: they have humbled themselves, then I will not destroy them.” Solomon’s administrative policies developed some dangerous principles. His ambition for the magnificence and fame of Jerusalem had led him to inaugurate a system
{WORD STUDY} – POOR (IN SPIRIT) Matthew 5:3: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Poor – Greek: ptochos from the root ptoeo or pipto – a beggar, one who is destitute, a pauper, Spiritually poor, humble, devout. Aramaic – Miskaneh: Aramaic idiom for one who voluntarily gives up
