{"collection":"Judaism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/jud/doth/doth32.htm","path":"jud/doth/doth32.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/jud/doth/doth32.htm","text":"The Duties of the Heart, by Rabbi Bachye, tr. by Edwin Collins, [1909]\nHe who is humble before God should be meek and modest in all the affairs of the world; both in what is seen and in what is secret; in his speech and in his actions; in his bodily activities, and when at rest; and what is in his heart and mind must not be the opposite to what is manifest about him; and all his actions must be well pondered and suitable, equal, equable, and constant, and must tend in the direction of humility and lowliness, both towards God and man . . . and our sages say, * \"Be lowly of spirit in the presence of every man.\"\n37:* Wherever this phrase occurs it refers to the Rabbis whose sayings are preserved in the Talmud.","title":"The Duties of the Heart: Consistent Humility and Sincerity","type":"page"}