Bible Dictionary:

The meek shall inherit the Earth

A saying adapted from the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount.

  • The saying implies that those who forgo worldly power will be rewarded in the kingdom of heaven.

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    Bible Dictionary. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.  Read more

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