32 Bible Verses about Arrogance, Characterizes The Wicked

For from within even out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts: adultery, fornication, murder, theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, uncleanness, and a wicked eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

If any such complain, no man giveth answer; and that because of the wickedness of proud tyrants.

While the ungodly hath the overhand, the poor must suffer persecution; let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined! For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire, and speaketh good of the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. The ungodly is so proud and full of indignation, that he careth not for God: neither is God in all his thoughts.read more.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above, out of his sight. Therefore defieth he all his enemies. For he hath said in his heart, "Tush, I shall never be cast down; there shall no harm happen unto me." His mouth is full of cursing, deceit and fraud; under his tongue is travail and sorrow. He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners of the streets, and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are set against the poor. For he lieth waiting secretly; even as a lion lurketh he in his den, that he may ravish the poor. He doth ravish the poor when he getteth him into his net. He falleth down, and humbleth himself, that the congregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his captains. He hath said in his heart, "Tush, God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face, so that he will never see it."

And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity. For they are in no peril of death, but stand fast like a palace. They come in no misfortune like other folk; neither are they plagued like other men.read more.
And this is the cause that they be so puffed up in pride, and overwhelmed with cruelty and unrighteousness. Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what they lust. They corrupt others, and speak blasphemies maliciously; proud and presumptuous are their words. They stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, and their tongue goeth through the world. Therefore fall the people unto them, and there out suck they no small advantage. "Tush," say they, "How should God perceive it? Is there knowledge in the most high?" Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper in the world, these have riches in possession;

O God, the proud are risen against me; and the congregation of the mighty seeketh after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes.

LORD, how long shall the ungodly, how long shall the ungodly triumph? How long shall all wicked doers speak so disdainfully, and make such proud boasting? They smite down thy people, O LORD, and trouble thine heritage.read more.
They murder the widow and the stranger, and put the fatherless to death. And yet they say, "Tush, the LORD seeth not, the God of Jacob regardeth it not."

Therefore may we say, that the proud are happy, and that they which deal with ungodliness, are set up: for they tempt God and yet escape.'

And as it seemed not good unto them to be a known of God, even so God delivered them up unto a lewd mind, that they should do those things which were not comely, being full of all unrighteous doing: of fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, evil-conditioned whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, doers of wrong, proud, boasters, bringers-up of evil things, disobedient to fathers and mothers,read more.
without understanding, covenant-breakers, unloving, truce-breakers, and merciless.

And the people also of Ephraim, and they that dwell in Samaria, can say with pride and high stomachs, on this manner: "The tile work is fallen down, but we will build it with squared stones. The Mulberry timber is broken, but we shall set it up again with Cedar."

So after twelve months, the king walked up and down in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon, and said, "This is the great city of Babylon, which I myself, with my power and strength, have made a king's court, for the honour of my majesty."

And as much as she glorified herself and lived wantonly, so much pour ye in for her of punishment, and sorrow, for she said in her heart, 'I sit, being a queen and am no widow and shall see no sorrow.'

The enemy said, 'I will follow and overtake them, and will divide the spoil: I will satisfy my lust upon them: I will draw my sword, and mine hand shall destroy them.'

And the king of Israel answered and said, "Tell him, 'Let not him that putteth on his harness boast himself, as he putteth it off.'"

Because thou hast beaten the Edomites, therefore thine heart riseth. Be glorious: but tarry at home. For what needest thou to provoke to mischief - that thou shouldest be overthrown and Judah with thee?"

Thou thinkest, 'See, I have beaten the Edomites,' therefore thine heart ariseth to glorify thyself. Now bide at home: what needeth thee to provoke to evil, that thou perish and Judah with thee?"

For ye comfort yourselves thus: "Tush, we have made a covenant with death, and with hell we are at an agreement. Though there break out any sore plague, it shall not come upon us. For with deceit will we escape, and with nimbleness will we defend ourselves."

Behold, the sins of thy sister Sodom, were these: Pride, fullness of meat, abundance and Idleness: these things had she and her daughters. Besides that, they reached not their hand to the poor and needy,

Ephraim thinketh thus, "Tush, I am rich, I have good enough: In all my works shall not one fault be found, that I have offended."

Behold, whoso will not believe, his soul shall not prosper: but the just shall live by his faith. Like as the wine deceiveth the drunkard, even so the proud shall fail and not endure. He openeth his desire wide up as the hell, and is as insatiable as death. All Heathen gathereth he to him, and heapeth unto him all people."

And he put forth this similitude, unto certain which trusted in themselves, that they were perfect, and despised others.

And there was a certain man called Simon, which beforetime in the same city, used witchcraft and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he was a man that could do great things. Whom they regarded, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This fellow is the great power of God."

namely, them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise the rulers. Presumptuous are they, and stubborn, and fear not to speak evil of them that are in authority;

They are enclosed in their own fat, and their mouth speaketh proud things.

The proud have had me exceedingly in derision; yet have I not shrinked from thy law.

even so the tongue is little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a thing a little fire kindleth,

Let go your great boasting of high things, let go out of your mouth that old byword: for the LORD is a God that knoweth all things, and judgeth the thoughts.

Let the lying lips be put to silence, which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous.

The proud imagine lies upon me, but I keep thy commandments with my whole heart.

Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy, and with the despitefulness of the proud.

An eloquent speech becometh not a fool; much less a lying mouth, then, becometh a prince.

He that is proud and presumptuous, is called a scornful man, which in wrath dare work maliciously.

Now when Jeremiah had ended all the words of the LORD God unto the people, for their sakes to whom God had sent him, Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah with all the proud persons, said unto Jeremiah, "Thou liest! The LORD our God hath not sent thee to speak unto us, that we should not go into Egypt, and dwell there: