Pride: General Scriptures Concerning

Scripture references

Exo 18:10, 11 Jethro declared, “Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you from the
Lev 26:19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and
Deu 8:11–14, 17–20 Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep
Jdg 9:14, 15 Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
1Sa 2:3–5 Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the
1Ki 20:11 And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor
2Ki 14:9, 10 But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A
2Ch 25:18, 19 But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A
Job 11:12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey
Job 12:2, 3 “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die! / But
Job 13:2, 5 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. / If only you
Job 15:1–13 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: / “Does a wise man answer with empty
Job 18:3 Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
Job 21:31, 32 Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he
Job 32:9–13 It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand
Job 37:24 Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”
Psa 9:20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
Psa 10:2–6, 11 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the
Psa 12:4 They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be
Psa 18:27 For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
Psa 31:23 Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully
Psa 49:11 Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless
Psa 52:7 “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the
Psa 73:6, 8, 9 Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers
Psa 75:4–6 I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up
Psa 101:5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one
Psa 119:21, 69, 70, 78 You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your
Psa 138:6 Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He
Pro 3:34 He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
Pro 6:16, 17 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to
Pro 8:13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and
Pro 10:17 Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores
Pro 11:2, 12 When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom. /
Pro 12:9, 15 Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be
Pro 13:10 Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
Pro 14:21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness
Pro 15:5, 10, 12, 25, 32 A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds
Pro 16:5, 18, 19 Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be
Pro 17:19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high
Pro 18:11, 12 A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in
Pro 20:6 Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy
Pro 21:4, 24 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin. /
Pro 25:14, 27 Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts
Pro 26:5, 12, 16 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his
Pro 27:2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your
Pro 28:11, 25 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment
Pro 29:8, 23 Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger. / A man’s pride
Pro 30:12, 13 There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet
Isa 2:11–17 The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought
Isa 3:16–26 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking
Isa 5:8, 15 Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no
Isa 9:9, 10 All the people will know it—Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With
Isa 10:5–16 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My
Isa 13:11 I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I
Isa 14:12–16 How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have
Isa 16:6, 7 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his
Isa 22:16, 19 What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb
Isa 23:7, 9 Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet
Isa 24:4, 21 The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the
Isa 26:5 For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He
Isa 28:3 The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.
Isa 47:4–10 Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name—is the Holy One of Israel. /
Jer 9:23, 24 This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom,
Jer 13:9, 15, 17 “This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride
Jer 48:7, 14, 15, 29 Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be
Jer 49:4, 16 Why do you boast of your valleys—your valleys so fruitful, O faithless
Jer 50:31, 32 “Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of
Eze 16:56 Did you not treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn in the day of
Eze 28:2–9, 17 “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD
Eze 30:6 For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her
Eze 31:10–14 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in
Dan 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven,
Dan 11:45 He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy
Hos 5:5 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in
Hos 7:10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the
Hos 10:11 Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a
Oba 1:3, 4 The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of
Nah 3:19 There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear
Hab 2:4, 5, 9 Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will
Zep 2:10, 15 This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and
Zep 3:11 On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you
Mal 4:1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the
Mat 20:26, 27 It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become
Mat 23:6–8, 10–12 They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the
Mar 7:21 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality,
Mar 10:43 But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become
Mar 12:38, 39 In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They
Luk 1:51, 52 He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who
Luk 9:46 Then an argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be
Luk 11:43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the
Luk 14:8, 9 “When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of
Luk 18:14 I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For
Luk 20:45–47 In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples, /
Rom 1:22, 29, 30 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / They have
Rom 11:17–21, 25 Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive
Rom 12:3, 16 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of
1Co 1:29 so that no one may boast in His presence.
1Co 3:18 Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age,
1Co 4:6–8, 10 Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your
1Co 5:2, 6 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief
1Co 8:1, 2 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge.
1Co 10:12 So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
1Co 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is
1Co 14:38 But if anyone ignores this, he himself will be ignored.
2Co 10:5, 12, 18 We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the
2Co 12:7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from
Gal 6:3 If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Eph 4:17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer
Php 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider
1Ti 2:9 Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel,
1Ti 3:6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under
1Ti 6:3, 4, 17 If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound
2Ti 3:2, 4 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful,