48 Bible Verses about Boasting

so that, as the Scripture says, "Let him who would boast, boast of the Lord!"

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is shut out. On what principle? What a man does? No, but whether a man has faith.

so that in his presence no human being might have anything to boast of.

If there must be boasting, I will boast of the things that show my weakness!

But, as it is, you pride yourselves on your pretensions. All such pride is wrong.

As far as preaching the good news is concerned, that is nothing for me to boast of, for I cannot help doing it. For I am ruined if I do not preach.

But let the man who boasts, boast about the Lord.

But I never want to boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, on which the world has been crucified to me and I have been to the world.

So no one should boast about men. For it all belongs to you??22 Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present, the future??ll of it belongs to you.

I do not indulge in extravagant boasts over work done by others, but I do hope that as your faith increases, my influence may be immensely enlarged through you,

Since many are so human as to boast, I will do it also.

I have to boast. There is nothing to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations given me by the Lord.

But my boasting will not be extravagant, nor exceed the limits God has allowed me, which reach all the way to you.

For who sees anything special in you? And what have you got that you have not been given? But if it has been given you, why do you boast as though it had not been?

It has not been earned, so that no one can boast of it.

Will you boast of the Law and yet dishonor God by breaking it?

and he said to me, "My favor is enough for you, for only where there is weakness is perfect strength developed." So I am perfectly willing to boast of all my weakness, so that the strength of Christ may shelter me.

So as a follower of Christ Jesus I have reason to be proud of my work for God.

When I boast in this reckless way, I do not say what I am saying for the Lord, but as a fool would talk.

So you must give proof to them before all the churches of your love, and justify my pride in you.

I repeat, no one should think me a fool, but if you do, show me at least the patience you would show a fool, and let me have my little boast like the others.

For if he was made upright by what he did, it is something to be proud of. But not to be proud of before God,

offering men the message of life. Then I will have reason to boast of you on the Day of Christ, because my exertion and labor have not been wasted.

But I have not availed myself of any of these rights. And I am not writing this now so that I may become an illustration of this; I had rather die than do that. No one shall deprive me of this boast of mine.

you must not look down upon the branches. If you do, remember that you do not support the root; the root supports you.

Suppose you call yourself a Jew, and rely on law, and boast about God,

For my boast is what my conscience tells me, that my relations to the world and still more to you have been marked by pure motives and godly sincerity, not by worldly shrewdness but by the favor of God.

for all that there is in the world, the things that our physical nature and our eyes crave, and the proud display of life??hese do not come from the Father, but from the world;

If I did express some pride in you to him, I have had no reason to be ashamed of it, but just as all I said to you was true, my boasting before Titus has also proved true.

Every man ought to test his own work, and then whatever satisfaction he has will be with reference to himself, and not in comparison with someone else.

For suppose I do boast a little too much of my authority??hich the Lord gave me to build you up, not to pull you down?? will not have to blush for it.

and I may preach the gospel in the lands beyond you without having to boast over work already done in another's field.

This, instead of saying, "If it is the Lord's will, we shall live to do this or that."

Certainly this is nothing for you to boast of. Do you not know that a little yeast will affect all the dough?

By the truth of Christ that is in me, this boast of mine shall not be silenced anywhere in Greece.

So you will find in me fresh cause for Christian exultation, through having me with you again.

Why, even those who let themselves be circumcised do not observe the Law themselves! But they want you to let yourselves be circumcised so that they can boast of that physical fact about you!

Love is patient and kind. Love is not envious or boastful. It does not put on airs.

On this man's account I am ready to boast, but about myself I will boast only of my weaknesses.

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we are going to such and such a town, to stay a year and go into business and make money,"