19 Bible Verses about Do Not Be Proud

Listen and pay attention. Do not be proud,
for the Lord has spoken.

For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.

For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.

Do not boast so proudly,
or let arrogant words come out of your mouth,
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and actions are weighed by Him.

Do not lift up your horn against heaven
or speak arrogantly.’”

do not brag that you are better than those branches. But if you do brag—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you.

True enough; they were broken off by unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.

Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the saying: “Nothing beyond what is written.” The purpose is that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over another.

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

How happy is the man
who has put his trust in the Lord
and has not turned to the proud
or to those who run after lies!

The end of a matter is better than its beginning;
a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.

Does an ax exalt itself
above the one who chops with it?
Does a saw magnify itself
above the one who saws with it?
It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts it!
It would be like a rod lifting a man who isn’t wood!

He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and fall into the condemnation of the Devil.

Therefore, the Lord says:

I am now planning a disaster
against this nation;
you cannot free your necks from it.
Then you will not walk so proudly
because it will be an evil time.

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don’t recline at the best place, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host.

Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, he will not turn from this command to the right or the left, and he and his sons will continue ruling many years over Israel.

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.