48 Bible Verses about Boasting

So, as it is written [Jer. 9:23f], "The person who [wants to] boast, let him boast about the Lord."

Where then is the [basis for] boasting [i.e., over being right with God]? There is not any. Is it by [obedience to] a law? Is it by doing certain deeds? Not at all, but by a law of faith.

This was all done so that no human being could boast in front of God.

If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.

But, as it is, you people are boasting in your arrogance [and] all such boasting is evil.

[But] I do not have anything to boast about if I preach the good news because I am compelled to do it. For it would be too bad for me if I did not preach the good news.

[Jer. 9:24 says], "But the person who boasts should boast about the Lord."

But the last thing I want to do is brag [about such things]. For [if I had any bragging to do at all], it would be about [salvation through] the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is through Him that this [sinful] world has been crucified [i.e., died] as far as I am concerned and I have been crucified [i.e., died] as far as it is concerned.

So, no one should boast about [the knowledge or position of] people. For all things belong to you,

So, we will not go beyond our proper limits by boasting of work [already] done by others, but we hope that, as your faith increases, our field of service among you will [also] greatly expand.

Since many [other] people boast about worldly matters, I will boast about such things also.

Although I must boast about myself [See 11:21-27], it [really] is not profitable. So, I will go on to [tell about] visions and [inspired] revelations given [to me] from the Lord.

But we will not boast beyond our proper boundaries [Note: This may mean that Paul was not attempting to exercise apostolic authority outside the parameters assigned to him by God], but will restrict our boasting to the area assigned to us by God as a field of service, which includes you people [there in Corinth].

For who makes you different [from each other]? [i.e., with some being viewed as superior and others inferior]. And what do you have that you did not receive [from God]? But if you received it [from Him], then why do you boast as though you did not [receive it as a gift]?

It was not the result of your own [good] deeds [See Titus 3:5], so that no one could boast [about it].

You boast about having the law of Moses, [but] do you dishonor God by breaking that law?

But God said to me, "My unearned favor is enough for you, for my power is made complete in [your] weakness." Therefore, I will most gladly boast, so that the power of Christ can rest on me.

Therefore, as I have fellowship with Christ Jesus, I am proud of my service to God.

What I am saying in this boastful [show of] confidence is not what the Lord would [say], but is [just plain] "foolishness."

[So], demonstrate in front of the churches evidence of your love [for them] and our reason for boasting about you.

Again I say, no one should think I am foolish, but if you do, [then] accept me that way, so that I too can boast a little bit.

For if Abraham had been made right with God by doing good deeds he would have had something to boast about, but not in God's presence.

as you hold out [i.e., offer to people] the message of [never ending] life. Then I will have something to boast about on the day of Christ's [return, See 1:6], that I had not run the race for nothing nor had worked for nothing.

But I have not availed myself of any of these rights. And I am not writing this so that it would be done in my case, for I would rather die than have anyone make my boast [i.e., of preaching without financial support] an empty one.

Therefore, you should not brag [about your superiority] over the [natural] branches [i.e., the rejected Jews]. But, if you must brag, it should not be over you [Gentiles] nourishing the roots [i.e., the Jews], but over the roots nourishing you.

But if you call yourselves "Jews," and [claim to] rely on the law of Moses, and brag about [belonging to] God;

For this is what we boast of: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, in holiness and godly sincerity, not with human wisdom, but with the favor of God.

For all that makes up the world, namely, the improper desires of the physical body, the improper desires for what is seen, and the [boastful] pride over life's possessions; these are not from the Father, but from the [godless] world.

For if there is anything I have boasted to him about you, you did not cause me to be ashamed of it. But as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus [about you] proved to be true also.

But let each person test his own accomplishments so that he can determine if he should get credit for them or if his neighbor should.

For even if I should boast too much about the authority the Lord gave us for building you people up [spiritually], and not tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of it.

[This is] so we can proclaim the good news [about Christ] even to areas beyond you [Note: Perhaps Paul here alludes to such places as Italy and Spain], and [thereby] not boast over what has [already] been done in someone else's field of service.

Instead, you should be saying, "If it is what the Lord wants, we will live and do this or that."

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little yeast can leaven the whole batch of dough?

As sure as the truth of Christ is in my heart, no one will stop me from boasting about this [arrangement] throughout the regions of Achaia. [Note: This was the province where Corinth was located].

so that, by my being with you again, you will be able to rejoice all the more in [our lives together with] Christ Jesus.

For not even those who practice circumcision comply with [the requirements of] the law of Moses, yet they want you to be circumcised so they can take credit for this physical evidence [of your compliance with the law of Moses].

[Note: The following traits should be understood in the context of love for people]. Love is patient [with people], and is kind [to them]; love does not envy [what people are or have]; love does not boast [of being superior to others], it is not arrogant [in dealing with people].

I will boast on behalf of this person, but I will not boast about myself [anymore], except about my weaknesses.

Come on now, you people who are saying, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this [or that] city, spend a year there, do business and make some money."