Verse 3

Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.

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  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 I do not consider myself in any way inferior to these 'super-apostles.'
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have become foolish in boasting; you compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, because I am in no way inferior to the 'super-apostles,' even though I am nothing.
  • 1 Thess 2:7 : 7 Although we could have asserted our authority as apostles of Christ, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her own children.
  • Jas 3:2-3 : 2 For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to also control his whole body. 3 Now if we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show his works by his good conduct with the humility that comes from wisdom.
  • 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 Instead, it should be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
  • Num 11:10-15 : 10 Moses heard the people weeping throughout their clans, each at the entry of his tent. The anger of the LORD burned greatly, and Moses was very displeased. 11 So Moses said to the LORD, 'Why have You brought trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You lay the burden of all these people on me? 12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I give birth to them? Why do You tell me to carry them in my arms, like a nurse carries an infant, to the land You promised their ancestors? 13 Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep crying to me, saying, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ 14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If this is how You are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and do not let me see my misery.
  • Num 20:10-12 : 10 He and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, "Listen now, you rebels! Must we bring water out of this rock for you?" 11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water came out abundantly, and the community and their livestock drank. 12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe me and treat me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land I am giving them."
  • Ps 106:32-33 : 32 By the waters of Meribah, they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them; 33 for they rebelled against His Spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips.
  • Ps 147:6 : 6 The LORD lifts up the humble; He brings the wicked down to the ground.
  • Ps 149:4 : 4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation.
  • Matt 5:5 : 5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
  • Matt 21:5 : 5 'Say to the daughter of Zion: See, your King is coming to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.'
  • 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Now I, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—who is humble when present among you but bold when absent.