7 Bible Verses about Drawbacks To Man's Power

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:

For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan thou wast slain in thy high places.

How have the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them who are puffed up, but the power.