38 occurrences in 12 translations

'Haughty' in the Bible

Since you are still [arrogantly] exalting yourself [in defiance] against My people by not letting them go,

Verse ConceptsAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingSeeking Honour

All these cities were fortified and unassailable with their high walls, gates, and bars; in addition, [there were] a very great number of unwalled villages.

Verse ConceptsCityGatesVillagesWallsCitiesOutside The CityWalled TownsUnguarded

He surveys everything that is haughty;he is king over all the proud beasts.

Verse ConceptsKings And Pridearrogance

His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

Verse ConceptsNosesPride, Results OfSelf Righteousness, Nature OfNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsThe Wicked Prosperrehabilitationprospering

{A Song of degrees of David.} LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

Verse ConceptsPride, Evil OfSuperiorityHaughtinessHumble PeopleExercisemyself

Though the Lord is exalted,He takes note of the humble;but He knows the haughty from a distance.

Verse ConceptsHumilityPride, Evil OfThe ProudGod And The HumbleGod Far AwayGod Opposes The Proud

There is a generation—how haughty its eyesand pretentious its looks.

Verse ConceptsAudacityarrogance

The haughty looks of mankind will be brought low, the lofty pride of human beings will be humbled, and the LORD alone will be exalted at that time.

Verse ConceptsHumilityStubbornness, Consequences OfArrogance, Punishment OfHumbling The ProudBeing Humble

"For the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has reserved a time to oppose all who are proud and haughty, and the self-exalting they will be humbled.

Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDTradeAbaseAbasement Of The ProudThe Day Of JudgementGod Opposes The ProudBeing Humble

Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

Verse ConceptsNecksDebaucheryOrnamentsSuperiorityCosmeticsHaughtinessWantonnessDecadenceEvil Eyesmakeupbrandingzion

"For the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and against Jerusalem; he will punish the speech that comes from that willful heart of Assyria's king and the haughty look in his eyes.

Verse ConceptsCondemned HeartsExile, in assyriaHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPride, Results OfSuperiorityBusiness EthicsAssyria, Prophecies OfHaughtinessThe Prophecy Towards AssyriaHumbling The ProudEnd Of ActionsGod Opposes The Proud

Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

Verse ConceptsCutting Off BranchesPutting Things Down

The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

Verse ConceptsHaughtinessTransient WorldMourning Due To Catastrophe

We have heard of Moab’s pride,great pride, indeed—his insolence, arrogance, pride,and haughty heart.

Verse ConceptsProud HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPride, Examples OfHaughtinessProud Peoplearrogance

And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

Verse ConceptsDriven Away By GodProud People

"Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because your heart was haughty, and you said, 'I [am] a god; I sit [in the] seat of [the] gods, I sit in [the] heart of [the] seas!' But you are a human, not a god, and you gave your heart to be like [the] heart of a god.

Verse ConceptsAmbition, negative aspects ofComplacencyExaggerationsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedLove, Abuse OfPride, Evil OfPride, Examples OfRulersSelf ConfidenceSelf Righteousness, Nature OfSin, Causes OfSuperiorityAudacitySelf ExaltationArrogantly Like GodIn The Heart Of The SeaMen As GodsProud Peoplelimitations

"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Because of its towering height, with its summit reaching into the clouds, and because it was haughty in its position,

Verse ConceptsHeightSelf ExaltationThings On High

In order that none of the trees of the waters May become haughty because of their stature, Nor give their foliage between thickets, Nor any drinking waters stand up unto them in their haughtiness, For all of them are given up to death, Unto the earth -- the lower part, In the midst of the sons of men, Unto those going down to the pit.

Verse ConceptsPitsSon Of ManGoing Down To The PitHow Death Is InevitableThings On HighWhy It Happened

And also, because the wine is treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofdissatisfactionAmbition, Warnings RegardingGrave, TheSatisfactionWorldly AmbitionCovetousness, Nature ofAlcohol ConsumptionEffect Of WineDealing With The NationsThe Fact Of Death

In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.

Verse ConceptsMillenniumPride, Results OfSelf Righteousness, Nature OfStubbornness, Consequences OfPride, OriginHaughtinessThe Proud Will Be Abased

But He gives us more and more grace [through the power of the Holy Spirit to defy sin and live an obedient life that reflects both our faith and our gratitude for our salvation]. Therefore, it says, “God is opposed to the proud and haughty, but [continually] gives [the gift of] grace to the humble [who turn away from self-righteousness].”

Verse ConceptsGod, Grace Ofethics, and graceAttitudes Of PrideGrace, And Christian LifeHumilityMeeknessMercy, Response To God'sAttention SeekersOpposition, To Sin And EvilPoverty, SpiritualPride, Evil OfGod Is GraciousEnabling GraceThe ProudGod OpposingGod And The HumbleGod Opposes The ProudThe Grace Given To MenGracePrideBeing HumbleHumble YourselfBeauty And Self WorthHumility And Pridehumblenesshumble

Bible Theasaurus

Contemptuous (6 instances)
Disdainful (1 instance)
Haughty (38 instances)
Insolent (23 instances)
Lordly (1 instance)
Prideful (1 instance)
Severe (97 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּבהּ 
Gabahh 
exalt , ... up , haughty , higher , high , above , height , proud , upward
Usage: 34

גּבהּ 
Gobahh 
Usage: 17

גּבוהּ גּבהּ 
Gaboahh 
Usage: 37

יהיר 
Yahiyr 
Usage: 2

מרום 
Marowm 
Usage: 54

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