17 Bible Verses about Pride
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on the contrary, he heaps his favours upon you. wherefore 'tis said, "God defeats the proud, but is gracious to the humble."
for what the world is so full of, sensuality, avarice, and pride, is not deriv'd from the creator, but is the offspring of a vicious world.
nor must he be a new convert; for fear he should be elated with pride, and so involve himself in the same ruin as the devil.
I have therefore matter of glorying thro' Jesus Christ, with respect to divine service.
I use indeed great freedom of speech toward you, yet I greatly glory upon your account: I am filled with comfort, and my joy is still superiour to all my affliction.
Social affection is patient, is kind; is a stranger to envy; is not insolently vain, nor arrogant: does not behave indecently,
I am daily receiving new mortifications, witness your cruel boastings against me, which I bear for the sake of Christ Jesus our Lord;
let the rich be humbled by his instability: for he is as transitory as a flower in the field.
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Ambition » Connected with » Pride
Anger » Connected with » Pride
Condemnation » Increased by » Pride
nor must he be a new convert; for fear he should be elated with pride, and so involve himself in the same ruin as the devil.
Jewish » Pride
let your actions therefore show your repentance, and don't pretend to say within yourselves, "we have Abraham for our father:" for I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
they answered him, we are Abraham's offspring, and were never slaves to any man: why then do you say, "ye shall be made free?"
they answered him, Abraham is our father. if you were Abraham's children, said Jesus, you would act like Abraham.
then they reviled him, and said, thou art his disciple; but we are Moses disciples.
you think you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
Parents » Prayers » Pride
and he said to her, what would you have? grant, said she, when you are upon the throne, that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left.
Persecution » Originates in » Pride
Pride » Examples of » Haman
Pride » Examples of » Spiritual, examples of
you say you are rich, and have increased your gain, and have need of nothing; but you do not consider that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.
the Pharisee in a standing posture pray'd thus by himself, O God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men, a robber, a cheat, an adulterer, or like that Publican.
Jesus said to them, if you were blind, you would be excusable; but since you own that you see, you stand convicted.
Pride » Examples of » Jewish pride, as the chosen nation
let your actions therefore show your repentance, and don't pretend to say within yourselves, "we have Abraham for our father:" for I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
they answered him, we are Abraham's offspring, and were never slaves to any man: why then do you say, "ye shall be made free?"
they answered him, Abraham is our father. if you were Abraham's children, said Jesus, you would act like Abraham.
then they reviled him, and said, thou art his disciple; but we are Moses disciples.
you think you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
Pride » Forbidden
have the same respect for one another. let not your behaviour be haughty, but soften'd to the condition of those below you. be not wise in your own conceits.
Now it is by virtue of my apostolical commission, that I charge every man among you, not to entertain too high an opinion of himself; but modestly consider, that 'tis God who has dealt to every man his proportion of spiritual gifts.
Pride » Exemplified
Pride » Is followed by » Destruction
Pride » Instances of » Hezekiah, in displaying his resources
Pride » Leads men to » Contention
Pride » Often originates in » Possession of power
Pride » Hateful to God
Pride » Is followed by » Debasement
Pride » Self-deception
Pride » They who are guilty of, shall be » Subdued
Pride » They who are guilty of, shall be » Abased
for whosoever exalts himself, shall be abased; and he that humbles himself, shall be exalted.
Pride » Instances of » Haman
Pride » They who are guilty of, shall be » Brought low
Pride » Examples of » Belshazzar
Pride » Woe to
Pride » A hindrance to seeking God
Pride » Defiles a man
Pride » Exemplified » hezekiah
Pride » Examples of » hezekiah
Pride » Examples of » Uzziah
Pride » They who are guilty of, shall be » Punished
Pride » Often originates in » Unsanctified knowledge
Now as to things offered to idols, 'tis certain that the knowledge you all pretend to have, swells you with pride, but 'tis charity that edifieth.
Pride » Instances of » Nebuchadnezzar
Pride » Hateful to Christ
Pride » Exemplified » Laodiceans
you say you are rich, and have increased your gain, and have need of nothing; but you do not consider that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.
Pride » Characteristic of » False teachers
If any one deviate from this doctrine, not adhering to the wholesome instructions of our Lord Jesus Christ, the true doctrine of piety, he is full of pride and ignorance, touch'd with a spirit of chicanery and wrangling, productive of envy, contention, calumny,
Pride » Often originates in » Religious privileges
Pride » Characteristic of » The wicked
Pride » Exemplified » Ahithophel
Pride » Exemplified » Belshazzar
Pride » Leads men to » Wrath
Pride » Saints » Mourn over, in others
Pride » A hindrance to improvement
Pride » Exhortation against
Pride » They who are guilty of, shall be » Marred
Pride » Often originates in » Possession of wealth
Pride » Often originates in » Inexperience
nor must he be a new convert; for fear he should be elated with pride, and so involve himself in the same ruin as the devil.
Pride » Often originates in » Self-righteousness
the Pharisee in a standing posture pray'd thus by himself, O God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men, a robber, a cheat, an adulterer, or like that Publican. I fast twice a week, and I pay the tythe of all I possess.
Pride » Characteristic of » The Devil
nor must he be a new convert; for fear he should be elated with pride, and so involve himself in the same ruin as the devil.
Pride » Is followed by » Shame
Pride » Leads men to » Contempt and rejection of God's word and ministers
Pride » Exemplified » Scribes
in the sequel of the discourse, he said to them, beware of the Scribes, who affect to walk about in their long robes, to be saluted in publick places, and to have the first seats in their synagogues, and at their feasts:
Pride » Exemplified » Pharaoh
Pride » Exemplified » Herod
one court-day, Herod array'd in his robes of state, and seated upon the throne, made a publick oration: at which the people gave a shout, saying, it is the voice of a God, and not of a man. but at the instant an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not glorify God: so that he became a prey to worms and died. In the mean time, the
Pride » Exemplified » Judah
Pride » Shall abound in the last days
for men will be selfish, avaricious, vain, proud, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful,
Pride » Is sin
Pride » Instances of » Uzziah
Pride » Examples of » Naaman
Pride » Comes from the heart
for from within, from the heart of man proceed wicked designs, adulteries, fornications, murders; thefts, avarice, malice, fraud, impudence, envy, scandal, pride, vanity. all these vices come from within, and are what defile the man.
Pride » They who are guilty of, shall be » Brought into contempt
Pride » They who are guilty of, shall be » Recompensed
Pride » Characteristic of » The world
for what the world is so full of, sensuality, avarice, and pride, is not deriv'd from the creator, but is the offspring of a vicious world.
Pride » Instances of » Naaman, refusing to wash in the jordan river
Pride » Exemplified » Moab
Pride » Exemplified » Tyre
Pride » Exemplified » Edom
Pride » Examples of » Nebuchadnezzar
Pride » Saints » Hate, in others
Pride » Saints » Give not way to
Pride » Hardens the mind
Pride » Leads men to » A persecuting spirit
Pride » Exemplified » Haman
Pride » Examples of » Pharaoh
Pride » Saints » Respect not, in others
Pride » The wicked encompassed with
Pride » They who are guilty of, shall be » Scattered
he hath displayed the strength of his arm, and has confounded the proud by the devices of their hearts.
Pride » They who are guilty of, shall be » Resisted
on the contrary, he heaps his favours upon you. wherefore 'tis said, "God defeats the proud, but is gracious to the humble."
Pride » Instances of » Ahithophel
Pride » Instances of » Kings of tyre
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Pride
for he that exalteth himself, shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.
Riches » Often lead to » Pride
Self-will » Proceeds from » Pride
Self-will and stubbornness » Proceed from » Pride
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Pride
you say you are rich, and have increased your gain, and have need of nothing; but you do not consider that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.
the Pharisee in a standing posture pray'd thus by himself, O God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men, a robber, a cheat, an adulterer, or like that Publican.
Jesus said to them, if you were blind, you would be excusable; but since you own that you see, you stand convicted.
Strife » Excited by » Pride
Strife » Causes of » Pride
Topics on Pride
Attitudes Of Pride
Luke 1:51he hath displayed the strength of his arm, and has confounded the proud by the devices of their hearts.
Humility And Pride
James 4:6on the contrary, he heaps his favours upon you. wherefore 'tis said, "God defeats the proud, but is gracious to the humble."
Pride, Characteristics
1 Timothy 3:6nor must he be a new convert; for fear he should be elated with pride, and so involve himself in the same ruin as the devil.
Pride, Examples Of
Matthew 23:6-7they affect the uppermost place at feasts, the principal chair in the synagogues,
Pride, Origin
Luke 18:11-12the Pharisee in a standing posture pray'd thus by himself, O God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men, a robber, a cheat, an adulterer, or like that Publican.
Pride, Results Of
Galatians 6:3for if a man thinks himself to be considerable, when he is not, he deceives himself.
Related Topics
- Abominations
- Arrogance, Characterizes The Wicked
- Arrogance, Punishment Of
- Arrogance, Rejection Of
- Arrogant Existence
- Attitudes Of Pride
- Attitudes, to other people
- Being Humble
- Being Patient
- Boasting
- Character Of Wicked
- Conceit, Description Of
- Destruction
- Do Not Be Proud
- Downfall
- Evil Speaking
- God Opposes The Proud
- Grace
- Haughtiness
- Heart, Fallen And Redeemed
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