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20 Bible Verses About Pride

Christian Pure Team

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Summary

  • James 4:6 and 1 Peter 5:5 both quote Proverbs 3:34: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
  • Jesus’ saying that “all those who exalt themselves will be humbled” closes the parable about seats at a wedding feast (Luke 14:11) and appears again in Luke 18:14 and Matthew 23:12.
  • Uzziah was struck with leprosy, Nebuchadnezzar was driven out to live with the wild animals, and Herod died “because Herod did not give praise to God.”
  • Mark 7:21-22 lists arrogance among the evils that come “from within, out of a person’s heart.”
  • Philippians 2:3-8 sets Christ, who “humbled himself,” as the pattern for valuing others above yourselves.

The Bible says that God opposes the proud and shows favor to the humble, and that pride goes before destruction. The second saying is Proverbs 16:18; the first comes from Proverbs 3:34 and is quoted in both James 4:6 and 1 Peter 5:5. Three narratives show pride punished: King Uzziah in the temple (2 Chronicles 26:16), Nebuchadnezzar after his boast on the palace roof (Daniel 4:29-30, 37), and Herod before a shouting crowd (Acts 12:21-23). Jesus put the reversal in…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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