17 occurrences

'Boast' in the Bible

Then the Lord said to Gideon, “There are too many people with you for Me to hand over Midian to them, otherwise Israel will boast [about themselves] against Me, saying, ‘My own power has rescued me.’

The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘A man who puts on [his armor to go to battle] should not boast like the man who takes it off [after the battle has been won].’”

You say, ‘See, I have struck down and defeated Edom.’ Your heart lifts you up to boast [about your victory]. Now stay at home; why should you meddle and court disaster so that you, even you, will fall and Judah with you?”

My soul makes its boast in the Lord;The humble and downtrodden will hear it and rejoice.

For I pray, “May they not rejoice over me,Who, when my foot slips, would boast against me.”

In God we have boasted all the day long,And we will praise and give thanks to Your name forever. Selah.

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

“I said to the arrogant, ‘Do not boast;’And to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn [of self-glorification].

They pour out words, speaking arrogant things;All who do evil boast proudly.

Let all those be [deeply] ashamed who serve carved images,Who boast in idols.Worship Him, all you gods!

Is the axe able to lift itself over the one who chops with it?Is the saw able to magnify itself over the one who wields it?That would be like a club moving those who lift it,Or like a staff raising him who is not [made of] wood [like itself]!

Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.

Thus says the Lord, “Let not the one who is wise and skillful boast in his insight; let not the one who is mighty and powerful boast in his strength; let not the one who is rich boast in his [temporal satisfactions and earthly] abundance;

“Why do you boast of your valleys?Your valley is flowing away,[O Ammon] rebellious and faithless daughterWho trusts in her treasures, saying,‘Who will come against me?’

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κατακαυχάομαι 
Katakauchaomai 
Usage: 4

καυχάομαι 
Kauchaomai 
Usage: 37

בּעז 
Bo`az 
Usage: 24

הלל 
Halal 
Usage: 165

חזיר 
Chaziyr 
Usage: 7

ימר 
Yamar 
Usage: 1

לח לוּח 
Luwach 
Usage: 43

עברה 
`abarah 
Usage: 1

פּאר 
Pa'ar 
Usage: 14

צלעה צלע 
Tsela` 
Usage: 41

קרשׁ 
Qeresh 
Usage: 51

שׂדרה 
S@derah 
Usage: 4

ἀλαζονεία 
Alazoneia 
Usage: 2

ἀλαζών 
Alazon 
Usage: 2

Βοανεργές 
Boanerges 
Usage: 1

καύχημα 
Kauchema 
Usage: 11

καύχησις 
Kauchesis 
Usage: 12

μεγαλαυχέω 
megalaucheo 
Usage: 1

πλοιάριον 
Ploiarion 
Usage: 6

σανίς 
Sanis 
Usage: 1

σκάφη 
Skaphe 
Usage: 3