Bible Verses About Pride

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

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

The proud and haughty man, “scoffer” is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.

As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

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

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

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

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

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.

A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

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

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

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

For there will be a day of the LORD of Hosts for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:

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

For all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up,

For every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,

For all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.