“learn from me” – “For I am gentle and humble in heart.”
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden,
Matthew 11:28–30
and I will give you rest. 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.
For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.
Gentle
adjective
- having or showing a mild, kind, or tender temperament or character.”he was a gentle, sensitive man”
- Similar:
- kind, kindly
- tender
- benign
- human
- lenient
- merciful
- forgiving
- forbearing
- sympathetic
- considerate
- understanding
- clement
- compassionate
- benevolent
- kind hearted
- tenderhearted
- good-natured
- sweet-tempered
- loving
- mild
- soft
- quiet
- shy
- demure
- modest
- humble
- retiring
- unassuming
- still
- tranquil
- peaceful
- peaceable
- pacific
- placid
- serene
- reposeful
- reverent
- meek
- docile
- lamblike
- dove-like
- Opposite:
- unkind
- brutal
- Similar:
- moderate in action, effect, or degree; not harsh or severe.”a gentle breeze”
- Similar:
- light
- soft
- zephyr-like
- moderate
- pleasant
- Opposite:
- strong
- Similar:
humble
adjective: humble; comparative adjective: humbler; superlative adjective: humblest
- having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s own importance. “he was humble about his stature as one of rock history’s most influential guitarists”
- Similar:
- meek
- deferential
- respectful
- submissive
- self-effacing
- unassertive
- unpresuming
- modest
- unassuming
- self-deprecating
- free from vanity
- obsequious
- sycophantic
- servile
- mim
- resistless
- Opposite:
- proud
- overbearing
- Similar:
(of an action or thought) offered with or affected by a modest estimate of one’s own importance. “my humble apologies”
- of low social, administrative, or political rank. “she came from a humble, unprivileged background”
- Similar:
- low-ranking
- low
- lowly
- lower-class
- plebeian
- proletarian
- working-class
- undistinguished
- poor
- mean
- ignoble
- of low birth
- low-born
- of low rank
- common
- commonplace
- ordinary
- simple
- inferior
- unimportant
- unremarkable
- insignificant
- inconsequential
- plebby
- baseborn
- Opposite:
- noble
- Similar: