Bible Verses About Pride

You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.

Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.

May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.

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.

Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.

There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.

To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.

Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.

Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.

A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.

He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.