Bible Verses About Pride

In that day thou art not ashamed because of any of thine actions, Wherewith thou hast transgressed against Me, For then do I turn aside from thy midst The exulting ones of thine excellency, And thou dost add no more to be haughty, In My holy mountain.

For, lo, the day hath come, burning as a furnace, And all the proud, and every wicked doer, have been stubble, And burnt them hath the day that came, Said Jehovah of Hosts, That there is not left to them root or branch,

but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;

and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;

they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

and the salutations in the market-places, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

nor may ye be called directors, for one is your director--the Christ.

And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,

and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

And he said--`That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man;

for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;

all these evils do come forth from within, and they defile the man.'

but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,

and he was saying to them in his teaching, `Beware of the scribes, who will in long robes to walk, and love salutations in the market-places,

and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in suppers,

He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,

And there entered a reasoning among them, this, Who may be greater of them?

`Woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.

`When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.

the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things--as many as I possess.

I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'