The Virtue of Modesty

Also known as: Propriety

Definition of Modesty:

Purity of heart in action, especially in regards to dress and speech

Modesty Looks Like:

Dressing in an appropriate manner
Dressing in private
Not bragging about talents, achievements etc.
Not being eager to talk about yourself
Not trying to be the center of attention in word or action

Modesty Sounds Like:

I will wear this skirt because it isn’t too short or too tight.
I need some privacy.
Silence

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Featured Scriptures

1 Corinthians 6:19–20

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body

2 Corinthians 10:17

"Let him who boasts, boast of the Lord."

1 Corinthians 3:5–7

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

Galatians 6:14

But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.