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?”

Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
But we will remember and trust in the name of the Lord our God.

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.

Even those who trust in and rely on their wealth
And boast of the abundance of their riches?

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!

Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring.

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 daughter
Who trusts in her treasures, saying,
‘Who will come against me?’