Why Does the Bible Elevate Gentleness?

God’s Word explores many characteristics that the Lord both displays and looks for in His People. One of the most profound of these is gentleness.

What Is Gentleness?

Names of God That Imply His Gentleness

Jehovah Rapha (The Lord who Heals)

“Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits — who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases…” (Psalm 103:2-3).

Jehovah-Raah (The Lord my Shepherd)

“Hear the word of the Lord, you nations; proclaim it in distant coastlands: ‘He who scattered Israel will gather them and will watch over his flock like a shepherd’” (Jeremiah 31:10).

Jehovah Shammah (The Lord is There)

“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing” (Zephaniah 3:17).

Good Father

“’I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty” (2 Corinthians 6:18).

Abba Father

“Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, ‘Abba, Father’” (Galatians 4:6).

Heavenly Father

“‘Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?’” (Matthew 6:26).

What the Scriptures Say about Gentleness