'Boast' in the Bible

The king of Israel replied, "Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off."

Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

Say this prayer: "Deliver us, O God who delivers us! Gather us! Rescue us from the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds."

They say, "We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?"

I will boast in the Lord; let the oppressed hear and rejoice!

In God I boast all day long, and we will continually give thanks to your name. (Selah)

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

For the music director; a well-written song by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul: "David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech." Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God's loyal love protects me all day long!

In God -- I boast in his promise -- in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?

In God -- I boast in his promise -- in the Lord -- I boast in his promise --

But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.

They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed. They plan how to hide snares, and boast, "Who will see them?"

The godly will rejoice in the Lord and take shelter in him. All the morally upright will boast.

They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.

All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.

Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.

Deliver us, O Lord, our God! Gather us from among the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.

Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves.

Those who try to hide their plans from the Lord are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast, "Who sees us? Who knows what we're doing?"

You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away; the wind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the Lord; you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the Lord and will boast in him.

You will be called, 'the Lord's priests, servants of our God.' You will enjoy the wealth of nations and boast about the riches you receive from them.

The Lord says, "Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.

If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the Lord, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth and that I desire people to do these things," says the Lord.

How long must the land be parched and the grass in every field be withered? How long must the animals and the birds die because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? For these people boast, "God will not see what happens to us."

Listen, you who sit enthroned above the valley on a rocky plateau. I am opposed to you,' says the Lord. 'You boast, "No one can swoop down on us. No one can penetrate into our places of refuge."

In that day you will not be ashamed of all your rebelliousness against me, for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast, and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill.

Shout for joy, Daughter Zion! Shout out, Israel! Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relationship to God

You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!

For if Abraham was declared righteous by the works of the law, he has something to boast about -- but not before God.

do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

so that no one can boast in his presence.

so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."

For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.

But we will not boast beyond certain limits, but will confine our boasting according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, that reaches even as far as you.

Nor do we boast beyond certain limits in the work done by others, but we hope that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded among you according to our limits,

so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person's area.

But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.

And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

Since many are boasting according to human standards, I too will boast.

(To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

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

On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.

For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,

But he said to me, "My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.

For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.

But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

it is not from works, so that no one can boast.

by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?

As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.