What scripture says
Bible verses about pride
Pride goes before destruction, Proverbs warns, and scripture treats it as the root of much else that goes wrong. These passages name pride honestly and point to the humility that God honours.
Pride goeth before destruction
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Read it in its chapter →God resisteth the proud
James 4:6
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Read it in its chapter →When pride cometh, then cometh shame
Proverbs 11:2
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Read it in its chapter →A man's pride shall bring him low
Proverbs 29:23
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Read it in its chapter →The pride of life
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Read it in its chapter →The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee
Obadiah 1:3
The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
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