Defensiveness vs Humility

[Chuckt]

If being defensive is the opposite of humility, how can you be humble?

 

[pacer]

I would say arrogance is the opposite of humility.

 

[pacer]

According to the Thesaurus, the antonyms for humility are...

boldness
confidence
arrogance
assertiveness
egoism
pretentiousness
pride
self-importance

 

[Avatar4321]

Never heard defensiveness being the opposite of humility.

Humility isnt about thinking less about yourself. It's about thinking of yourself less.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

If being defensive is the opposite of humility, how can you be humble?

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
— Pope John Paul II


All I got.

 

[Chuckt]

Never heard defensiveness being the opposite of humility.

Humility isnt about thinking less about yourself. It's about thinking of yourself less.

If you or someone was verbally attacked and I suppose if you or they lacked information or felt that you were going to lose out, lose your job, suffer loss, what would that do to most people? Would the person accept it knowing that it was wrong or would they see it as wrong and try to counter it in some way?

What does "Humble" mean?

to make low, bring low

to level, reduce to a plain

metaph. to bring into a humble condition, reduce to meaner circumstances

to assign a lower rank or place to

to abase

to be ranked below others who are honoured or rewarded

to humble or abase myself by humble living

to lower, depress

of one's soul bring down one's pride

to have a modest opinion of one's self

to behave in an unassuming manner

devoid of all haughtiness

Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon

In trying to figure out the definition, it almost seems necessary to find the opposite of the definition.

What happens when we are defensive? Do we become "big"? Why? Do we rise to the occasion to protect ourselves or some thing? Do we need to take it down a notch?


Matthew 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

 

[MaxGrit]

If being defensive is the opposite of humility, how can you be humble?

The opposite of humble is pride. You ask, what's wrong with pride?

What is meant by pride is pride in yourself instead of pride in God. Soli Deo gloria.

For example, Satan's primary sin is pride in himself, leading him to rebellion against God. Satan's pride in himself turned him into an idiot! Pride is very dangerous to sanity.



Isaiah 14 (ESV)

“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!
You said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
in the far reaches of the north;
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit.
Those who see you will stare at you
and ponder over you:
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
who shook kingdoms,
who made the world like a desert
and overthrew its cities,
who did not let his prisoners go home?’
All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
each in his own tomb;
but you are cast out, away from your grave,
like a loathed branch,
clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword,
who go down to the stones of the pit,
like a dead body trampled underfoot.
You will not be joined with them in burial,
because you have destroyed your land,
you have slain your people.