22 Bible Verses about God Opposes The Proud

Even though Jehovah is high above, he sees humble people close up, and he recognizes arrogant people from a distance.

Respect for Jehovah means to hate evil. I hate: pride, and arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

I am against you, you arrogant city, declares the Lord Jehovah of Hosts. Your day has come, the time when I will punish you.

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

The Lord Jehovah has sworn by himself. Jehovah, the God of Hosts declares: I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his palaces. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.

But he gives more grace. The scripture said, God resists the proud, but gives grace (loving-kindness) to the humble.

Likewise, you younger men, be subject to the older men. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and serve one another. God resists the proud, but gives loving kindness to the humble.

All who are proud will be humbled. Jehovah of Hosts will have his day against all who are arrogant and conceited.

Jehovah of Hosts planned this in order to dishonor all arrogant people and to humiliate all the honored people of the world.

You rescue the humble. You find ways to humiliate the proud.

Love Jehovah, all you godly ones! Jehovah protects faithful people, but he pays back in full those who act arrogantly.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, extol and honor the King of heaven. All his works are truth, and his ways justice. He is able to abase (humble) (subdue) those who walk in pride.

He shows strength with his arm. He scatters the proud in the thoughts of their heart.

I will bring the wicked of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the mighty, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.

You save humble people, but you humiliate the proud.

You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed, and all who wander from your commandments.

Rise up, O Judge of the earth, Render recompense to the proud.

Jehovah will destroy the house of the proud and he will establish the border of the widow.

It will happen when Jehovah has performed all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. He will say: I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty appearance.

Jeremiah, I will use Babylon to destroy the pride of the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

An illegitimate son will dwell in Ashdod. I will remove the arrogance of the Philistines.

All prosperous people on earth will eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust will kneel in front of him, even those who are barely alive.