58 Bible Verses about Boasting
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Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No; but by the law of faith.
But let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of: for necessity is laid upon me; and woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel!
But may it never be that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labors; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you, according to our rule abundantly,
It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even to you.
For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Not by works, lest any man should boast.
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonorest thou God?
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
I have therefore cause for glorying through Jesus Christ, in those things which pertain to God.
That which I speak, I speak it not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
Wherefore show ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain.
But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done to me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boastest, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our manner of life in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
For if I have boasted any thing to him concerning you, I am not ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
Your boasting is not good. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
That your rejoicing for me may be more abundant in Jesus Christ by my coming to you again.
Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Of such one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in my infirmities.
I said to the fools, Deal not foolishly; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy, and sell, and get gain:
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Boasting » Boasting, the folly of
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
Boasting » Boasting in God
But let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Boasting » Spiritual
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) read more.
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, art ingrafted among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive-tree; Boast not against the branches. But if thou boastest, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be ingrafted. read more.
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
For Christ hath not sent me to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. read more.
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For when in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness; But to them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who from God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Boasting » What not to boast of
Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy, and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow: For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Instead of that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. read more.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Boasting » Instances of » The disciples
And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us through thy name.
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Boasting » Instances of » Sennacherib
And Rab-shakeh said to them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which thou trustest?
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images excelled them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; read more.
Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth with it? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it, or as if the staff should lift itself, as if it were no wood.
Boasting » Those that boast of a false gift
Boasting » Who boasts of their heart’s desire
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Boasting » Instances of » benhadad
And Ben-hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
Boasting » Of evil
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
Boasting » Instances of » Goliath
Topics on Boasting
Boasting Excluded
Romans 3:27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No; but by the law of faith.
Boasting In God
Jeremiah 9:23Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Boasting, Condemned
1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
Boasting, Foolish
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Boasting, Legitimate
Jeremiah 9:23-24Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Justification Excluding Boasting
Romans 3:27-28Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No; but by the law of faith.
Paul's Boasting
1 Corinthians 15:31I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
Salvation, Boasting Impossible
Ephesians 2:8-9For by grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: