28 Bible Verses about Pride, Examples Of
Most Relevant Verses
and love the first place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi.
And he said in his teaching, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and love salutations in the markets, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the first places at feasts;
Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and love salutations in the markets, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the first places at feasts;
Woe to you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the markets.
But before their arrival a certain man, named Simon, was in the city, a man practising sorcery, and amazing the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was some great person;
As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her. For she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no mourning;
Peter answering said to him, Though all should fall away from thee, yet will I never fall away. Jesus said to him, Truly do I say to thee, that this night, before a cock crows, thou wilt thrice deny me. Peter saith to him, Even if I must die with thee, I will not deny thee. And so said all the disciples.
But Peter said to him, Even if all shall fall away, yet will not I. And Jesus saith to him, Truly do I say to thee, that even thou, today, on this night, before a cock crow twice, wilt thrice deny me. But he spoke the more vehemently: If I must die with thee, I will not deny thee. And so also said they all.
Peter saith to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee.
Now all the Athenians, and the strangers residing among them, spent their leisure for nothing else but to tell or to hear something new.
Where is the wise man? Where the scribe? Where the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Let no one deceive himself; if any one thinketh himself wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
Let no one deceive you in any manner; for [that day will not come] unless the apostasy shall have come first and the man of sin have been revealed, the son of perdition; he that opposeth and exalteth himself above every one that is called God, or worthy of worship, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself to be God.
Therefore when thou doest alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward.
And all their works they do to be observed by men. They make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge their fringes,
who devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. These will receive a far greater condemnation.
who devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. These will receive a far greater condemnation.
And the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all this, and they derided him. And he said to them, Ye are they who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is highly exalted among men is an abomination before God.
And to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised all others, he spoke this parable:
Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this, and said to him, Are we also blind? Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see. Your sin remaineth.
They answered him, We are Abrahams offspring, and have never been in bondage to any one; how sayest, thou, Ye will be made free?
They answered and said to him, Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
But if thou art called a Jew, and restest on the Law, and makest thy boast of God, and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the Law; and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,read more.
an instructor of those who lack wisdom, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the Law,
For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receive? But if thou didst receive it, why dost thou boast, as if thou hadst not received it?
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten wealth, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiable one, and poor, and blind, and naked,
