45 Important Bible Verses About Pride

Pride is a subtle feeling, yet a very dangerous one that has the capacity to destroy lives and future. Pride is so sneaky that we might not know that it is in there. Pride is simply saying, I am enough! I don’t need God or anyone! The Bible admonishes us in several scriptures to do away with pride and avoid situations that will tend to stir up pride in us. Pride comes in many ways that sometimes makes it difficult to detect, this is why Christ encourages us to cultivate a humble spirit and also possess the gift of discernment, in order for us to easily spot and eradicate any atom of pride that may come to contaminate our spirits. As Christ followers, we have been called to follow the footsteps that Christ has laid down for us and one of our greatest wish and goal as Christians, should be to walk uprightly before God, living a life that will please him and bring glory to his name. Pride is one sin that should never be found in our lives. Join us in this blog as we explore some Bible verses that speak on the dangers of possessing the spirit of pride.

Pride is generally addressed in the scripture as a negative attribute that has no connection to God. Pride is portrayed as a barricade that stands before God and man. The Bible highlights the destructive potentials of pride. The first danger of pride is that it kills our relationship with God. Pride makes people to ignore the sovereignty of God, giving glory to themselves. Aside killing our relationship with God, pride also kill our relationship with people.

Here is what pride does to our relationship with people; it makes us feel above every other person, faultfinding people and also making us ruthless and intolerable. Now all these attributes will hurt those that it is been displayed to and this will eventually block our communication with them. Pride also stops us from growing. Proud people never want to learn and improve, proud people believe that they know everything and they are good at what they do thereby refusing growth. Pride is never a feeling to accommodate.

To avoid pride, we have to first acknowledge God as our source, giving him all the glory he deserves and never taking any to ourselves. We should continuously ask God for humble spirits to enable us to stay humble even when we achieve very notable heights in life. And if you have a being a proud fellow, humbly go to God, ask forgiveness and retrace your steps back to him.

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What Does The Bible Say About Pride

The Bible emphasized on pride as a destructive sin that leads us away from God’s grace and mercy. The Bible used Jesus as an example to portray the kind of lifestyle that is expected of us as believers. Jesus lived a life of humility and selflessness. The scripture is filled with verses that offers guidance on how to avoid and fight the sin of pride and also telling us the repercussions that comes with possessing a proud spirit.

Proverbs 16:8 “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall”. The scripture made it very clear that being proud brings an inescapable destruction. This verse details the consequence of pride.

James 4:6 “But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble”. In this verses, God extends graces to the humble while resisting the proud. This passages highlights God’s view on pride.

Romans 12:3 “For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you”. Apostle Paul admonishes us in this scripture never to think highly of ourselves. He encourages us to nurture the spirit of humility. As we study these these scriptures that teach against pride, it is important we also implement put these teachings into our life style.

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Bible Verses About Pride

Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. – James 4:6
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. – Proverbs 11:2
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. – 1 Peter 5:5
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. – Philippians 2:3
For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. – Matthew 23:12
One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor. – Proverbs 29:23
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. – Colossians 3:12
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. – James 4:10
Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice. – Proverbs 13:10
For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. – Luke 14:11
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. – Galatians 5:26
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. – Romans 12:3
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips. – Proverbs 27:2
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. – 1 Corinthians 13:4
Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride in his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore, the Lord’s wrath did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah. – 2 Chronicles 32:26
For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. – Mark 7:21-22
In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts, there is no room for God. – Psalm 10:4
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin. – Proverbs 21:4
The Lord Almighty planned it, to bring down her pride in all her splendor and to humiliate all who are renowned on the earth. – Isaiah 23:9
To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior, and perverse speech. – Proverbs 8:13
Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar. – Psalm 138:6
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. – 1 Timothy 3:6
Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor. – Proverbs 18:12
I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn; do not lift up your horn on high, or speak with haughty neck.’ For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up, but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another. – Psalm 75:4-7
It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own glory. – Proverbs 25:27
For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low. – Isaiah 2:12
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. – Romans 12:16
But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong. – 1 Corinthians 1:27
Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished. – Proverbs 16:5
I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless. – Isaiah 13:11
For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy. – 2 Timothy 3:2
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. – Proverbs 16:19
Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. – 1 Samuel 2:3
But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. – 2 Chronicles 26:16
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. – Proverbs 26:12
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. – 1 John 2:16
Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate. – Psalm 101:5
We have heard of the pride of Moab—how proud he is!—of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence; in his idle boasting he is not right. – Isaiah 16:6
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise. – Proverbs 27:21
Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. – Matthew 6:1-4
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly. – Proverbs 26:16
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things, there is no law. – Galatians 5:22-23
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches. – Jeremiah 9:23
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