17 Bible Verses about Pride

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2 Corinthians 7:4

Great is my boldness toward you; great is my glorying on your behalf; I am filled with consolation; I overflow with joy in all our tribulation.

1 Corinthians 15:31

Daily am I dying, I avow by the glorying in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord!

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Ambition » Connected with » Pride

Anger » Connected with » Pride

Condemnation » Increased by » Pride

Jewish » Pride

Luke 3:8

Produce, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

John 8:33

They answered Him, "We are Abraham's seed, and to no one have we at any time been in bondage; how sayest Thou, 'Ye shall be made free?'

John 8:39

They answered and said to Him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus saith to them, "If ye are children of Abraham, ye are doing the works of Abraham.

John 9:28

And they reviled him, and said, "You are His disciple; but we are disciples of Moses.

Romans 2:19

and have become confident that you are a guide of the blind, a light to those in darkness,

Parents » Prayers » Pride

Matthew 20:21

And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She says to Him, "Command, that these my two sons may sit, one on Thy right hand, and one on Thy left, in Thy Kingdom."

Persecution » Originates in » Pride

Pride » Examples of » Haman

More verses: Isaiah 10:13

Pride » Examples of » Spiritual, examples of

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee, having taken his stand, was praying these things with himself: 'God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-collector!

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, "If ye were blind, ye would have no sin; but now ye say, 'We see,' your sin abides."

1 Corinthians 4:18

Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you;

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

Luke 3:8

Produce, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

John 8:33

They answered Him, "We are Abraham's seed, and to no one have we at any time been in bondage; how sayest Thou, 'Ye shall be made free?'

John 8:39

They answered and said to Him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus saith to them, "If ye are children of Abraham, ye are doing the works of Abraham.

John 9:28

And they reviled him, and said, "You are His disciple; but we are disciples of Moses.

Romans 2:19

and have become confident that you are a guide of the blind, a light to those in darkness,

Pride » Forbidden

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

covetings, wickednesses, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

Mark 7:20

And He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the 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

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now, concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we know because we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Pride » Instances of » Nebuchadnezzar

Pride » Hateful to Christ

Pride » Exemplified » Laodiceans

Pride » Characteristic of » False teachers

1 Timothy 6:3-4

If anyone teaches otherwise, and consents not to healthful words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching according to godliness, he has become puffed up, knowing nothing, but morbid about questions and word-battles, out of which come envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

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, having taken his stand, was praying these things with himself: 'God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-collector! I fast twice on the Sabbath; I give a tenth of all that I acquire.'

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 His teaching He said, "Beware of the scribes, who wish to walk about in long robes and have salutations in the marketplaces, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at the feasts;

Pride » Exemplified » Pharaoh

Pride » Exemplified » Herod

Acts 12:21-23

And, on a set day, Herod, having put on royal apparel, and seating himself on the judgment seat, made a speech to them. And the people were shouting, "It is the voice of a god, and not of a man!" And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give God the glory; and, having been eaten by worms, he 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

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, covetings, wickednesses, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things proceed from within, and 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

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, having taken his stand, was praying these things with himself: 'God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-collector!

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, "If ye were blind, ye would have no sin; but now ye say, 'We see,' your sin abides."

1 Corinthians 4:18

Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you;

Strife » Excited by » Pride

Strife » Causes of » Pride

Topics on Pride

Pride, Evil Of

James 4:16

But now ye are glorying in your boastings! all such glorying is evil.

Pride, Examples Of

Matthew 23:6-7

and they love the first place in the feasts, and the front seats in the synagogues,

Pride, Origin

Luke 18:11-12

The Pharisee, having taken his stand, was praying these things with himself: 'God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-collector!

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