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Oxford DictionariesThe quality or state of being unassuming or moderate in the estimation of one's abilities; the quality of being limited, or small in amount, rate, or level; the behavior, manner, or appearance intended to avoid impropriety or indecency

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Dictionary.com 1. Freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc. 2. Regard for decency of behavior, speech, dress, etc. 3. simplicity

Cambridge English DictionaryApproving the quality of not talking about or not trying to make people notice your abilities and achievements:

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Princeton's WordNet1. Freedom from vanity or conceit. 2. Formality and propriety of manner

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1. Having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities; 2. moderate behavior; reserve. 3. Prudish avoidance of sexual explicitness.

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Webster Dictionary1. Lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; 2. Natural shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action; 3. The quality of behaving in ways that do not attract attention; the absence of any feelings of being better than others; the quality or state of being morally pure.

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1. To be free from conceit and vanity.

Matthew 5:3 (ESV) Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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1. To be free from conceit and vanity.

Isaiah 66:2 (ESV) All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

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2. To be limited in amount.

Matthew 23:25 (ESV) Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

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3. To NOT call attention to oneself.

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4. To avoid being sexually suggestive.

1 Timothy 2:9 (KJV) In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness…

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Matthew 12:33 (ESV) Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.

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Ephesians 5:3 (ESV) But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetous-ness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

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Matthew 26:73 (NKJV) And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter, "Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you."

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Colossians 3:17 (ESV) And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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Ephesians 4:29 (ESV) Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occa-sion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

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Ephesians 5:4 (ESV) Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

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Telling dirty jokes is immodest speech Bragging and boasting is immodest speech Sexual innuendos is immodest speech Talking too much is immodest speech

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1 Timothy 2:9 (HCSB) Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with e-laborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive ap-parel.

Kosmios - that which is respec-table, orderly, and virtuous

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Fred H. Wright, Manners and Customs of Bible Lands“The Tunic was a shirt which was worn next to the skin. It was made of leather, hair-cloth, wool, linen, or in modern times, usually of cotton. The simplest form of it was without sleeves and reached to the knees or sometimes to the ankles. The well-to-do wore it with sleeves and extending to the ankles.”

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Barnes' Notes“The Jews wore two principal garments, an interior and an exterior. The interior, here called the "coat," or the tunic, was made commonly of linen, and encircled the whole body, ex-tending down to the knees…The coat, or tunic, was extended to the neck. and had long or short sleeves”

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1 Timothy 2:9 (HCSB) Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with e-laborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive ap-parel.

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1 Peter 2:11-12 (ESV) 11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

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• Bragging about perfect spouses • Bragging about children• Bragging about beauty • Bragging about jobs• Bragging about workouts• Bragging about who one knows• Bragging about vacations

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“That's what Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc., is all about..."ME" and my fabulous life, which you don't have. These are places where people go for their 5 seconds of fame. Think about it--you set up the page to be all about you, what you believe, what you are thinking about, who your friends are, what you are doing. And then you invite other folks to come into your space. It's very egocentric.”

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1 Timothy 2:9 (ESV) Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control...

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1 Timothy 2:9 (ESV) Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control...

Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary“…the idea of downcast eyes; bashfulness, i.e. towards men, modesty or towards God, awe - reverence, shamefacedness.