Bible Verses About Pride

Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honorgoethhumility.

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

A high look, and a proud heart, Eventhe lamp of the wicked, is sin.

The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name; He worketh in the arrogance of pride.

As clouds and wind without rain, So ishe that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.

It is not good to eat much honey; Sofor mento search out their own glory is grievous.

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.

Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.

A man’s pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, Andyetare not washed from their filthiness.

There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,

and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery.