Bible Verses about “boastfulness”
The Bible contains 18 verses about boastfulness across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
“For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,”
“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”
“¶ ‹Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.›”
“¶ This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.”
“Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;”
“Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,”
“‹But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.›”
“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.”
“‹Therefore when thou doest› [thine] ‹alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.›”
“‹That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.›”
“‹But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:›”
“¶ ‹And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites› [are]: ‹for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.›”
“‹But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen› [do]: ‹for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.›”
“¶ Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”
“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”
“¶ A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.”
“¶ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.”