Bible Verses About Pride

And Haman seeth that Mordecai is not bowing and doing obeisance to him, and Haman is full of fury,

And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

Truly--ye are the people, And with you doth wisdom die.

I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?

According to your knowledge I have known--also I. I am not fallen more than you.

O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

Doth a wise man answer with vain knowledge? And fill with an east wind his belly?

To reason with a word not useful? And speeches--no profit in them?

Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.

For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?

Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?

What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou--and it is not with us?

Both the gray-headed And the very aged are among us--Greater than thy father in days.

Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word is with thee,

What--doth thine heart take thee away? And what--are thine eyes high?

For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:

Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!

(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?

Who doth declare to his face his way? And for that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?

And he--to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.

The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.

Therefore I have said: Hearken to me, I do shew my opinion--even I.