Pride
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 16:18
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
- Isaiah 5:21
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Proverbs 26:12
Look at every proud man and humble him, crush the wicked where they stand.
- Job 40:12
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin!
- Proverbs 21:4
You rebuke the arrogant, who are cursed and who stray from your commands.
- Psalm 119:21
The greedy stir up conflict, but those who trust in the Lord will prosper. Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.
- Proverbs 28:25-26
To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.
- Proverbs 8:13
Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.
- Proverbs 27:2
He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.
- Luke 16:15
But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
- 2 Corinthians 10:17-18
How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- John 5:44
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
- Mark 9:35
