Bible Verses About Pride

"Here, I waited for your words, I listened to your reasoning, as you were searching for what to say.

I paid attention to you, but none of you convicted Iyov or refuted his arguments.

So don't say, 'We found the wise course -Let God defeat him, not a human being.'

This is why people fear him; he does not consider those who think of themselves as wise."

Strike them with terror, ADONAI! Let the nations know they are only human. (Selah)

The wicked in their arrogance hunt down the poor, who get caught in the schemes they think up.

For the wicked boasts about his lusts; he blesses greed and despises ADONAI.

Every scheme of the wicked in his arrogance [says], "There is no God, [so] it won't be held against me."

His ways prosper at all times. Your judgments are way up there, so he takes no notice. His adversaries? He scoffs at them all.

In his heart he thinks, "I will never be shaken; I won't meet trouble, not now or ever."

He says in his heart, "God forgets, he hides his face, he will never see."

May ADONAI cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks so proudly,

those who say, "By our tongues, we will prevail; our lips are with us. Who can master us?"

People afflicted, you save; but haughty eyes, you humble.

Love ADONAI, you faithful of his. ADONAI preserves the loyal, but the proud he repays in full.

How blessed the man who trusts in ADONAI and does not look to the arrogant or to those who rely on things that are false.

They think their homes will last forever, their dwellings through all generations; they give their own names to their estates.

"This fellow would not make God his refuge, but trusted in his own great wealth, relying on his evil plots."

So for them, pride is a necklace; and violence clothes them like a robe.

They scoff and speak with malice, they loftily utter threats.

They set their mouths against heaven; their tongues swagger through the earth.

To the boastful I say, "Do not boast!"and to the wicked, "Don't flaunt your strength!

Don't flaunt your strength so proudly; don't speak arrogantly, with your nose in the air!

For you will not be raised to power by those in the east, the west or the desert;

If someone slanders another in secret, I will cut him off. Haughty eyes and proud hearts I cannot abide.