Pride
183 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
61 sections
- A Characteristic: False Teachers
- A Characteristic: The Devil
- A Characteristic: The Wicked
- A Characteristic: The World
- A Hindrance to Improvement
- A Hindrance to Seeking God
- Ahithophel
- Assyria
- Babylon
- Belshazzar
- Comes from the Heart
- Defiles a Man
- Edom
- Exhortation Against
- Forbidden
- General Scriptures Concerning
- Haman
- Hardens the Mind
- Hateful to Christ
- Hateful to God
- Herod
- Hezekiah
- Hezekiah, in Displaying his Resources
- Israel
- Judah
- Kings of Tyre
- Laodiceans
- Leads Men to a Persecuting Spirit
- Leads Men to Contempt and Rejection of God's Word and Ministers
- Leads Men to Contention
- Leads Men to Self-Deception
- Leads Men to Wrath
- Moab
- Naaman, Refusing to Wash in the Jordan River
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Often Originates in Inexperience
- Often Originates in Possession of Power
- Often Originates in Possession of Wealth
- Often Originates in Religious Privileges
- Often Originates in Self-Righteousness
- Often Originates in Unsanctified Knowledge
- Pharaoh
- Saints: Give not Away
- Saints: Hate, in Others
- Saints: Mourn Over, in Others
- Saints: Respect Not, in Others
- Scribes
- Shall Abound in the Last Days
- The Wicked Encompassed With
- They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Abased
- They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Brought Into Contempt
- They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Brought Low
- They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Marred
- They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Punished
- They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Recompensed
- They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Resisted
- They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Scattered
- They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Subdued
- Tyre
- Uzziah
- Woe To
A Characteristic: False Teachers
- 1 Timothy 6:3–4 If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, …
A Characteristic: The Devil
- 1 Timothy 3:6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
A Characteristic: The Wicked
- Habakkuk 2:4–5 Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith — …
- Romans 1:30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
A Characteristic: The World
- 1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world — the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life — is not from the Father but from the world.
A Hindrance to Improvement
- Proverbs 26:12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
A Hindrance to Seeking God
- Psalm 10:4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
- Hosea 7:10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.
Ahithophel
- 2 Samuel 17:23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
Assyria
- Ezekiel 31:3 Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.
- Ezekiel 31:10 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,
Babylon
- Jeremiah 50:29 Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
- Jeremiah 50:32 The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”
Belshazzar
- Daniel 5:22–23 But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this. …
Comes from the Heart
- Mark 7:21–23 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, …
Defiles a Man
Edom
- Obadiah 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
Exhortation Against
- Jeremiah 13:15 Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
Forbidden
- 1 Samuel 2:3 Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
- Romans 12:3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
- Romans 12:16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.
General Scriptures Concerning
- Exodus 18:10–11 Jethro declared, “Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who has delivered the people from the hand of the Egyptians. …
- Leviticus 26:19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
- Deuteronomy 8:11–14 Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day. …
- Deuteronomy 8:17–20 You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.” …
- Judges 9:14–15 Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’ …
- 1 Samuel 2:3–5 Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed. …
- 1 Kings 20:11 And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”
- 2 Kings 14:9–10 But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle. …
- 2 Chronicles 25:18–19 But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle. …
- Job 11:12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
- Job 12:2–3 “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die! …
- Job 13:2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
- Job 13:5 If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
- Job 15:1–13 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: …
- Job 18:3 Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
- Job 21:31–32 Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done? …
- Job 32:9–13 It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice. …
- Job 37:24 Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”
- Psalm 9:20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
- Psalm 10:2–6 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise. …
- Psalm 10:11 He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
- Psalm 12:4 They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips— who can be our master?”
- Psalm 18:27 For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
- Psalm 31:23 Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
- Psalm 49:11 Their graves are their eternal homes — their dwellings for endless generations — even though their lands were their namesakes.
- Psalm 52:7 “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
- Psalm 73:6 Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
- Psalm 73:8–9 They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression. …
- Psalm 75:4–6 I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn. …
- Psalm 101:5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
- Psalm 119:21 You rebuke the arrogant — the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
- Psalm 119:69–70 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart. …
- Psalm 119:78 May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
- Psalm 138:6 Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- Proverbs 3:34 He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
- Proverbs 6:16–17 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: …
- Proverbs 8:13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
- Proverbs 10:17 Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
- Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
- Proverbs 11:12 Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.
- Proverbs 12:9 Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
- Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
- Proverbs 13:10 Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
- Proverbs 14:21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
- Proverbs 15:5 A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
- Proverbs 15:10 Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
- Proverbs 15:12 A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
- Proverbs 15:25 The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
- Proverbs 15:32 He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
- Proverbs 16:5 Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 16:18–19 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. …
- Proverbs 17:19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
- Proverbs 18:11–12 A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination. …
- Proverbs 20:6 Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?
- Proverbs 21:4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked— are sin.
- Proverbs 21:24 Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man — of him who acts with excessive pride.
- Proverbs 25:14 Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
- Proverbs 25:27 It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
- Proverbs 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
- Proverbs 26:12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Proverbs 26:16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
- Proverbs 27:2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
- Proverbs 28:11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
- Proverbs 28:25 A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
- Proverbs 29:8 Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
- Proverbs 29:23 A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- Proverbs 30:12–13 There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth. …
- Isaiah 2:11–17 The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. …
- Isaiah 3:16–26 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty — walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles — …
- Isaiah 5:8 Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
- Isaiah 5:15 So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
- Isaiah 9:9–10 All the people will know it — Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say: …
- Isaiah 10:5–16 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. …
- Isaiah 13:11 I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
- Isaiah 14:12–16 How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. …
- Isaiah 16:6–7 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty. …
- Isaiah 22:16 What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here — to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
- Isaiah 22:19 I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.
- Isaiah 23:7 Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
- Isaiah 23:9 The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
- Isaiah 24:4 The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.
- Isaiah 24:21 In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
- Isaiah 26:5 For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
- Isaiah 28:3 The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.
- Isaiah 47:4–10 Our Redeemer — the LORD of Hosts is His name — is the Holy One of Israel. …
- Jeremiah 9:23–24 This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches. …
- Jeremiah 13:9 “This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 13:15 Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
- Jeremiah 13:17 But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
- Jeremiah 48:7 Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
- Jeremiah 48:14–15 How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’? …
- Jeremiah 48:29 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
- Jeremiah 49:4 Why do you boast of your valleys— your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’
- Jeremiah 49:16 The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” …
- Jeremiah 50:31–32 “Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you. …
- Ezekiel 16:56 Did you not treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn in the day of your pride,
- Ezekiel 28:2–9 “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have …
- Ezekiel 28:17 Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
- Ezekiel 30:6 For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 31:10–14 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height, …
- Daniel 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
- Daniel 11:45 He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.
- Hosea 5:5 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
- Hosea 7:10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.
- Hosea 10:11 Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.
- Obadiah 3–4 The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ …
- Nahum 3:19 There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
- Habakkuk 2:4–5 Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith — …
- Habakkuk 2:9 Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
- Zephaniah 2:10 This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.
- Zephaniah 2:15 This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
- Zephaniah 3:11 On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.
- Malachi 4:1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
- Matthew 20:26–27 It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, …
- Matthew 23:6–8 They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues, …
- Matthew 23:10–12 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ. …
- Mark 7:21 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
- Mark 10:43 But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
- Mark 12:38–39 In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces, …
- Luke 1:51–52 He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. …
- Luke 9:46 Then an argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.
- Luke 11:43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
- Luke 14:8–9 “When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited. …
- Luke 18:14 I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Luke 20:45–47 In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples, …
- Romans 1:22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
- Romans 1:29–30 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, …
- Romans 11:17–21 Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, …
- Romans 11:25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
- Romans 12:3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
- Romans 12:16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.
- 1 Corinthians 1:29 so that no one may boast in His presence.
- 1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
- 1 Corinthians 4:6–8 Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another. …
- 1 Corinthians 4:10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
- 1 Corinthians 5:2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
- 1 Corinthians 5:6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
- 1 Corinthians 8:1–2 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. …
- 1 Corinthians 10:12 So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
- 1 Corinthians 14:38 But if anyone ignores this, he himself will be ignored.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5 We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 10:12 We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
- 2 Corinthians 10:18 For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
- 2 Corinthians 12:7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
- Galatians 6:3 If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
- Ephesians 4:17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
- Philippians 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
- 1 Timothy 2:9 Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
- 1 Timothy 3:6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
- 1 Timothy 6:3–4 If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, …
- 1 Timothy 6:17 Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
- 2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
- 2 Timothy 3:4 traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Haman
- Esther 3:5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
- Esther 5:11 Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
- Esther 5:13 Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
- Esther 6:6 Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”
- Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
Hardens the Mind
- Daniel 5:20 But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
Hateful to Christ
- Proverbs 8:12–13 I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. …
Hateful to God
- Proverbs 6:16–17 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: …
- Proverbs 16:5 Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
Herod
- Acts 12:21–23 On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people. …
Hezekiah
- 2 Chronicles 32:25 But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Hezekiah, in Displaying his Resources
- 2 Kings 20:13 And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house — the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory— all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his …
- 2 Chronicles 32:31 And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
- Isaiah 39:2 And Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house — the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory — all that was found in his storehouses. There was …
Israel
- Isaiah 28:1 Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
- Hosea 5:5 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
- Hosea 5:9 Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
Judah
- Jeremiah 13:9 “This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
Kings of Tyre
- Ezekiel 28:2 “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have …
Laodiceans
- Revelation 3:17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
Leads Men to a Persecuting Spirit
- Psalm 10:2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
Leads Men to Contempt and Rejection of God's Word and Ministers
- Jeremiah 43:2 Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
Leads Men to Contention
- Proverbs 13:10 Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
- Proverbs 28:25 A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
Leads Men to Self-Deception
- Jeremiah 49:16 The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” …
- Obadiah 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
Leads Men to Wrath
- Proverbs 21:24 Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man — of him who acts with excessive pride.
Moab
- Isaiah 16:6 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
Naaman, Refusing to Wash in the Jordan River
- 2 Kings 5:11–13 But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy. …
Nebuchadnezzar
- Daniel 4:30–34 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?” …
- Daniel 5:20 But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
Often Originates in Inexperience
- 1 Timothy 3:6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
Often Originates in Possession of Power
- Leviticus 26:19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
- Ezekiel 30:6 For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.
Often Originates in Possession of Wealth
- 2 Kings 20:13 And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house — the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory— all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his …
Often Originates in Religious Privileges
- Zephaniah 3:11 On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.
Often Originates in Self-Righteousness
- Luke 18:11–12 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men — swindlers, evildoers, adulterers — or even like this tax collector. …
Often Originates in Unsanctified Knowledge
- 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Pharaoh
- Nehemiah 9:10 You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
Saints: Give not Away
- Psalm 131:1 My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
Saints: Hate, in Others
- Psalm 101:5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Saints: Mourn Over, in Others
- Jeremiah 13:17 But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
Saints: Respect Not, in Others
- Psalm 40:4 Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
Scribes
- Mark 12:38–39 In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces, …
Shall Abound in the Last Days
- 2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
The Wicked Encompassed With
- Psalm 73:6 Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Abased
- Daniel 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
- Matthew 23:12 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Brought Into Contempt
- Isaiah 23:9 The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Brought Low
- Psalm 18:27 For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
- Isaiah 2:12 For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Marred
- Jeremiah 13:9 “This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Punished
- Zephaniah 2:10–11 This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts. …
- Malachi 4:1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Recompensed
- Psalm 31:23 Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Resisted
- James 4:6 But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Scattered
- Luke 1:51 He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Subdued
- Exodus 18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
- Isaiah 13:11 I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
Tyre
- Isaiah 23:9 The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
Uzziah
- 2 Chronicles 26:16–19 But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. …
Woe To
- Isaiah 28:1 Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
- Isaiah 28:3 The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.