48 Bible Verses about Boasting

So that-in the words of Scripture-'Let him who boasts make his boast of the Lord!'

What, then, becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what sort of Law? A Law requiring obedience? No, a Law requiring faith.

So that in his presence no human being should boast.

If I must boast, I will boast of things which show my weakness!

But, as it is, you are constantly boasting presumptuously! All such boasting is wicked.

If I tell the Good News, I have nothing to boast of, for I can but do so. Woe is me if I do not tell it!

'Let him who boasts make his boast of the Lord.'

But, for my part, may I never boast of anything except the cross of Jesus Christ, our Master, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Therefore let no one boast about men; for all things are yours--

Our boasting, therefore, is not unlimited, nor does it extend to the labors of others; but our hope is that, as your faith grows, our influence among you may be very greatly increased-- though still confined to our sphere--

As so many are boasting of earthly things, I, too, will boast.

I must boast! It is unprofitable; but I will pass to visions and revelations given by the Lord.

We, however, will not give way to unlimited boasting, but will confine ourselves to the limits of the sphere to which God limited us, when he permitted us to come as far as Corinth.

For who makes any one of you superior to others? And what have you that was not given you? But if you received it as a gift, why do you boast as if you had not?

It is not due to obedience to Law, lest any one should boast.

Boasting, as you do, of your Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law?

But his reply has been-- 'My help is enough for you; for my strength attains its perfection in the midst of weakness.' Most gladly, then, will I boast all the more of my weaknesses, so that the strength of the Christ may overshadow me.

It is, then, through my union with Christ Jesus that I have a proud confidence in my work for God.

When I speak thus, I am not speaking as the Master would, but as a fool might, in boasting so confidently.

Show them, therefore--so that the Churches may see it-- the proof of your affection, and the ground for our boasting to them about you.

I say again--Let no one think me a fool! Yet, if you do, at least welcome me as you would a fool, that I, too may indulge in a little boasting.

If he was pronounced righteous as the result of obedience, then he has something to boast of. Yes, but not before God.

Offering to men the Message of Life; and then I shall be able at the Day of Christ to boast that I did not run my course for nothing, or toil for nothing.

I, however, have not availed myself of any of these rights. I am not saying this to secure such an arrangement for myself; indeed, I would far rather die-Nobody shall make my boast a vain one!

Yet do not exult over the other branches. But, if you do exult over them, remember that you do not support the root, but that the root supports you.

But, perhaps, you bear the name of 'Jew,' and are relying upon Law, and boast of belonging to God, and understand his will,

Indeed, our main ground for satisfaction is this--Our conscience tells us that our conduct in the world, and still more in our relations with you, was marked by a purity of motive and a sincerity that were inspired by God, and was based, not on worldly policy, but on the help of God.

for all that the world can offer--the gratification of the earthly nature, the gratification of the eye, the pretentious life--belongs, not to the Father, but to the world.

Although I have been boasting a little to him about you, you did not put me to shame; but, just as every thing we had said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus about you has also proved to be the truth.

Let every one test his own work, and then his cause for satisfaction will be in himself and not in a comparison of himself with his neighbor;

Even if I boast extravagantly about our authority--which the Lord gave us for building up your faith and not for overthrowing it--still I have no reason to be ashamed.

So that we shall be able to tell the Good News in the districts beyond you, without trespassing on the sphere assigned to others, or boasting of what has been already done.

You ought, rather, to say 'If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.'

Your boasting is unseemly. Do not you know that even a little leaven leavens all the dough?

As surely as I know anything of the Truth of Christ, this boast, as far as I am concerned, shall not be stopped in any part of Greece.

So that, when you once more have me among you, you, in your union with Christ Jesus, may find in me fresh cause for exultation.

Even these men who are circumcised do not themselves keep the Law; yet they want you to be circumcised, so that they may boast of your observance of the rite.

Love is long-suffering, and kind; Love is never envious, never boastful, never conceited, never behaves unbecomingly;

About such a man I will boast, but about myself I will not boast except as regards my weaknesses.

Listen to me, you who say 'To-day or to-morrow we will go to such and such a town, spend a year there, and trade, and make money,'