'Brag' in the Bible

The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to hand the Midianites over to you, or else Israel might brag: ‘I did it myself.’

For the choir director. A Davidic Maskil. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”Why brag about evil, you hero!God’s faithful love is constant.

Don’t brag about yourself before the king,and don’t stand in the place of the great;

Why do you brag about your valleys,your flowing valley,you faithless daughter?You who trust in your treasuresand boast, “Who can attack me?”

If Abraham was justified by works, he has something to brag about—but not before God.

do not brag that you are better than those branches. But if you do brag—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you.

For I know your eagerness, and I brag about you to the Macedonians: “Achaia has been prepared since last year,” and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.