74. Of humility in general.
Genesis 5:30 | 18:27 | 46:32 || Exodus 3:11 | 4:10 || Judges 6:15 || 1 Samuel 9:21 | 15:17 | 17:32 | 18:23 | 24:14 || 2 Samuel 6:22 || 1 Kings 3. | 21:29 || 2 Chronicles 12:7 || Job 22:29 | 42:5 || Psalms 10:13 | 34:18 | 51:17 | 65:14 | 78:70 84:11 | 102:17 | 113:5 | 131:1 | 138:6 || Proverbs 25:6 | 30:28 || Song of Solomon 2:1 || Isaiah 8:6 ,44 | 66:2 || Jeremiah 1:6 || Ezekiel 1:25 || Amos 7:14 || Zechariah 9:9 || Wisdom of Solomon 6:7 f. || Ecclesiasticus 3:20 | 11:1 ,12 | 13:1 | 20:11 | 35:17 f. | Baruch 2:18 || 1 Maccabees 9:73 || S. Matthew 3:11 ,15 | 4:19 | 5:3 I 11:29 1 18:3 19:14 | 21:5 | 23:11 || S. Luke 1:38 ,48 | 2:51 | 7:38 14:8 | 18:13 | 22:27 || S. John 5:9 | 13:5 | 20:17 || Acts 9:5 | 10:27 || Romans 12:16 || 1 Corinthians 1:27 | 15:9 || Philippians 2:3 ,8 || Colossians 3:12 || Hebrews 11:23 || S. James 1:21 | 4:6 l || Revelation 19:10 .
75. That he who would ascend to virtues, must first descend by humility.
1 Samuel 2:8 || Job 22:29 || Proverbs 15:33 | 29:23 | Ecclesiasticus 10:14 | 11:1 || S. Matthew 18:4 || S. Luke 1:48 ,52 | 14:8 | 17:14 | 1 Peter 5:6 .
76. That the LORD hath chosen the weak things of the world.
1 Samuel 15:17 || 2 Samuel 7:8 || Psalms 78:71 || Amos 7:15 || S. Matthew 4:18 || 1 Corinthians 1:27 .
77. That he who is perfect ought to consider himself imperfect.
Exodus 39:25 || Job 31:24 || Psalms 26:11 | 70:5 || Proverbs 8:34 || Song of Solomon 3:6 || Joel 1:1 || Ecclesiasticus 18:7 || S. Luke 17:10 || S. John 19:39 || Philippians 3:13 .
78. He that compares himself to his superiors is humbled.
1 Samuel 24:17 || S. Luke 1:43 | 3:16 || Acts 10:25 || 1 Corinthians 15:9
