Bible Verses about “boasting”
The Bible contains 50 verses about boasting across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“‹But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.›”
“‹No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.›”
“‹Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?›”
“‹Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?›”
“‹Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day› [is] ‹the evil thereof.›”
“¶ ‹Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?›”
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:”
“‹(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.›”
“For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,”
“‹For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:›”
“‹But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.›”
“‹And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:›”
“‹And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.›”
“‹Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven,› [shall he] ‹not much more› [clothe] ‹you, O ye of little faith?›”
“‹Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?›”
“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.”
“‹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.›”
“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.›”
“‹But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:›”
“¶ ‹Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:›”
“‹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.›”
“‹And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.›”
“‹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.›”
“‹And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.›”
“‹But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen› [do]: ‹for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.›”
“‹Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as› [it is] ‹in heaven.›”
“‹Give us this day our daily bread.›”
“¶ ‹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.›”
“Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
“‹The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.›”
“‹But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;›”
“¶ ‹Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.›”
“‹But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great› [is] ‹that darkness!›”
“‹That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.›”
“‹Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.›”
“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!”
“But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.”
“¶ Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.”
“¶ Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.”
“¶ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches:”
“¶ Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.”
“¶ For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.”
“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”
“¶ For who maketh thee to differ [from another]? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive [it], why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received [it]?”