Bible Verses About Pride

It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.

He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?

Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.

Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride.

Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.

It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.

A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.

A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.

There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—

The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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—

against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,

against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,

against every high tower, against every fortified wall,

against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.