22 Bible Verses about God Opposes The Proud
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Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.
The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.
See, I am against you, O pride, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, for your day has come, the time when I will send punishment on you.
The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.
But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;
It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.
For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low.
O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.
With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.
For this reason I will send the worst of the nations and they will take their houses for themselves: I will make the pride of their strength come to an end; and their holy places will be made unclean.
For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.
Your hand has been against the men of pride, a curse is on those who go wandering out of your way.
Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.
For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes.
The Lord has said, In this way I will do damage to the pride of Judah and to the great pride of Jerusalem.
And a mixed people will be living in Ashdod, and I will have the pride of the Philistines cut off.
All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.
