What Does the Bible Say About Proud?

James 4:6 ESV / 61 helpful votes

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Proverbs 16:5 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 16:18-19 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Isaiah 13:11 ESV / 14 helpful votes

I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Ephesians 4:22-24 ESV / 9 helpful votes

To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

1 John 2:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.

Philippians 2:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

Proverbs 8:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Jude 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

2 Peter 2:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

2 Corinthians 7:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.

Luke 2:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Jude 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,

Revelation 20:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. ...

2 Peter 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;

Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 1:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”? ...

Galatians 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.

2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

1 Corinthians 6:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Romans 1:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,

Acts 20:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

John 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Hebrews 6:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

34 Bible Verses about Proud

James 4:6 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:5 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:18-19 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Isaiah 13:11 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:22-24 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 John 2:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Philippians 2:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Proverbs 8:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 John 4:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jude 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 7:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 2:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jude 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 20:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 1:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 20:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 6:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Proud

James 4:6 ESV / 61 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 16:5 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 16:18-19 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 13:11 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Proverbs 8:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Jude 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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2 Corinthians 7:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 2:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jude 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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James 4:6 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:5 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:18-19 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Isaiah 13:11 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:22-24 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 John 2:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Philippians 2:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Proverbs 8:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 John 4:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jude 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 7:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 2:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jude 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 20:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 1:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 20:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 6:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote