17 Bible Verses about Pride

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2 Corinthians 7:4

I have absolute confidence in you, I am indeed proud of you, you are a perfect comfort to me, I am overflowing with delight, for all the trouble I have to bear.

1 Corinthians 15:31

(Not a day but I am at death's door! I swear it by my pride in you, brothers, through Christ Jesus our Lord.)

James 1:10

but let one who is rich exult in being lowered; for the rich will pass away like the flower of the grass ??11 up comes the sun with the scorching wind and withers the grass, its flower drops off, and the splendour of it is ruined: so shall the rich fade away amid their pursuits.

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Ambition » Connected with » Pride

Anger » Connected with » Pride

Condemnation » Increased by » Pride

Jewish » Pride

Luke 3:8

Now, produce fruits that answer to your repentance, instead of beginning to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

John 8:33

"We are Abraham's offspring," they retorted, "we have never been slaves to anybody. What do you mean by saying, 'You will be free'?"

John 8:39

They answered him, "Abraham is our father." "If you are Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then do as Abraham did;

John 9:28

Then they stormed at him: "You are his disciple, we are disciples of Moses!

Romans 2:19

and are persuaded that you are a guide to the blind, a light to darkened souls,

Parents » Prayers » Pride

Matthew 20:21

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said, "Give orders that my two sons are to sit at your right hand and at your left in your Realm."

Persecution » Originates in » Pride

Pride » Examples of » Haman

More verses: Isaiah 10:13

Pride » Examples of » Spiritual, examples of

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood up and prayed by himself as follows; 'I thank thee, O God, I am not like the rest of men, thieves, rogues, and immoral, or even like yon taxgatherer.

John 9:41

Jesus replied, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty; but, as it is, you claim to have sight ??and so your sin remains."

1 Corinthians 4:18

Certain individuals have got puffed up, have they, as if I were not coming myself?

Pride » Examples of » Jewish pride, as the chosen nation

Luke 3:8

Now, produce fruits that answer to your repentance, instead of beginning to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

John 8:33

"We are Abraham's offspring," they retorted, "we have never been slaves to anybody. What do you mean by saying, 'You will be free'?"

John 8:39

They answered him, "Abraham is our father." "If you are Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then do as Abraham did;

John 9:28

Then they stormed at him: "You are his disciple, we are disciples of Moses!

Romans 2:19

and are persuaded that you are a guide to the blind, a light to darkened souls,

Pride » Forbidden

Romans 12:3

In virtue of my office, I tell everyone of your number who is self-important, that he is not to think more of himself than he ought to think; he must take a sane view of himself, corresponding to the degree of faith which God has assigned to each.

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

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

Mark 7:22

adultery, lust, malice, deceit, sensuality, envying, slander, arrogance, recklessness,

Mark 7:20

"No," he said, "it is what comes from a man, that is what defiles him.

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

1 Corinthians 8:1

With regard to food that has been offered to idols. Here, of course, 'we all possess knowledge'! Knowledge puffs up, love builds up.

Pride » Instances of » Nebuchadnezzar

Pride » Hateful to Christ

Pride » Exemplified » Laodiceans

Pride » Characteristic of » False teachers

1 Timothy 6:3-4

Anyone who teaches novelties and refuses to fall in with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the doctrine that tallies with piety, is a conceited, ignorant creature, with a morbid passion for controversy and argument which only leads to envy, dissension, insults, insinuations,

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

Pride » Often originates in » Self-righteousness

Luke 18:11-12

The Pharisee stood up and prayed by himself as follows; 'I thank thee, O God, I am not like the rest of men, thieves, rogues, and immoral, or even like yon taxgatherer. Twice a week I fast; on all my income I pay tithes.'

Pride » Characteristic of » The Devil

Pride » Is followed by » Shame

Pride » Leads men to » Contempt and rejection of God's word and ministers

Pride » Exemplified » Scribes

Mark 12:38-39

And in the course of his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes! They like to walk about in long robes, to get saluted in the marketplaces, to secure the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

Pride » Exemplified » Pharaoh

Pride » Exemplified » Herod

Acts 12:21-23

On a stated day Herod arrayed himself in royal robes, took his seat on the dais, and proceeded to harangue them. The populace shouted, "It is a god's voice, not a man's!" and in a moment an angel of the Lord struck him, because he had not given due glory to God; he was eaten up by worms and so expired.

Pride » Exemplified » Judah

Pride » Shall abound in the last days

Pride » Is sin

Pride » Instances of » Uzziah

Pride » Examples of » Naaman

Pride » Comes from the heart

Mark 7:21-23

From within, from the heart of man, the designs of evil come: sexual vice, stealing, murder, adultery, lust, malice, deceit, sensuality, envying, slander, arrogance, recklessness, all these evils issue from within and they defile a 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

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

Pride » They who are guilty of, shall be » Resisted

Pride » Instances of » Ahithophel

Pride » Instances of » Kings of tyre

Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Pride

Riches » Often lead to » Pride

Self-will » Proceeds from » Pride

Self-will and stubbornness » Proceed from » Pride

Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Pride

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood up and prayed by himself as follows; 'I thank thee, O God, I am not like the rest of men, thieves, rogues, and immoral, or even like yon taxgatherer.

John 9:41

Jesus replied, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty; but, as it is, you claim to have sight ??and so your sin remains."

1 Corinthians 4:18

Certain individuals have got puffed up, have they, as if I were not coming myself?

Strife » Excited by » Pride

Strife » Causes of » Pride

Topics on Pride

Pride, Evil Of

James 4:16

But here you are, boasting in your proud pretensions! All such boasting is wicked.

Pride, Examples Of

Matthew 23:6-7

they are fond of the best places at banquets and the front seats in the synagogues;

Pride, Origin

Luke 18:11-12

The Pharisee stood up and prayed by himself as follows; 'I thank thee, O God, I am not like the rest of men, thieves, rogues, and immoral, or even like yon taxgatherer.

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