'Proud' in the Bible

then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Enjoy your glory and stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall, and Judah with you?”

You said, ‘Behold, you have defeated Edom.’ And your heart has become proud in boasting. Now stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall and Judah with you?”

But when he became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to the Lord his God, for he entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

But Hezekiah gave no return for the benefit he received, because his heart was proud; therefore wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

“The proud beasts have not trodden it,Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther;And here shall your proud waves stop’?

“Pour out the overflowings of your anger,And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.

“Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him,And tread down the wicked where they stand.

O love the Lord, all you His godly ones!The Lord preserves the faithfulAnd fully recompenses the proud doer.

How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

Rise up, O Judge of the earth,Render recompense to the proud.

Our soul is greatly filledWith the scoffing of those who are at ease,And with the contempt of the proud. Cross references: Psalm 123:1 : Ps 121:1; 141:8 Psalm 123:1 : Ps 2:4; 11:4 Psalm 123:2 : Prov 27:18; Mal 1:6 Psalm 123:2 : Ps 25:15 Psalm 123:3 : Ps 4:1; 51:1 Psalm 123:3 : Neh 4:4; Ps 119:22 Psalm 123:4 : Neh 2:19; Ps 79:4 Psalm 123:4 : Job 12:5; Is 32:9, 11; Amos 6:1 Psalm 123:4 : Neh 4:4; Ps 119:22 end of crossrefs

A Song of Ascents, of David.O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty;Nor do I involve myself in great matters,Or in things too difficult for me.

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;They have spread a net by the wayside;They have set snares for me. Selah.

The Lord will tear down the house of the proud,But He will establish the boundary of the widow.

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.

It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowlyThan to divide the spoil with the proud.

Haughty eyes and a proud heart,The lamp of the wicked, is sin.

“Proud,” “Haughty,” “Scoffer,” are his names,Who acts with insolent pride.

The proud look of man will be abasedAnd the loftiness of man will be humbled,And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoningAgainst everyone who is proud and loftyAnd against everyone who is lifted up,That he may be abased.

Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the daughters of Zion are proudAnd walk with heads held high and seductive eyes,And go along with mincing stepsAnd tinkle the bangles on their feet,

So the common man will be humbled and the man of importance abased,The eyes of the proud also will be abased.

Thus I will punish the world for its evilAnd the wicked for their iniquity;I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proudAnd abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.

Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,Which is at the head of the fertile valleyOf those who are overcome with wine!

The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim is trodden under foot.

“We have heard of the pride of Moab—he is very proud—Of his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance and his self-exaltation.

As they had their pasture, they became satisfied,And being satisfied, their heart became proud;Therefore they forgot Me.

“Behold, as for the proud one,His soul is not right within him;But the righteous will live by his faith.

“In that day you will feel no shameBecause of all your deedsBy which you have rebelled against Me;For then I will remove from your midstYour proud, exulting ones,And you will never again be haughtyOn My holy mountain.

“He has done mighty deeds with His arm;He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.

For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

We are not again commending ourselves to you but are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart.

so that your proud confidence in me may abound in Christ Jesus through my coming to you again.

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.