Bible Verses about “proud people”

“[Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”

“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”

“¶ 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.”

“‹The Spirit of the Lord› [is] ‹upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,›”

“¶ Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”

“‹I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.›”

“¶ Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.”

“‹I tell you, this man went down to his house justified› [rather] ‹than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.›”

“The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.”

“‹Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.›”

“But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.”

“‹The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men› [are], ‹extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.›”

“‹And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as› [his] ‹eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.›”

“‹To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.›”

“And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.”

“¶ And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:”

“And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,”

“And he closed the book, and he gave [it] again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.”

“And he began to say unto them, ‹This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.›”

“¶ [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.”

“¶ Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments.”

“¶ A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.”

“And Jesus answered and said unto him, ‹Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.›”

“¶ And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,”

“And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word [is] this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.”

“Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.”

“And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,”

“Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, [thou] Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.”

“And Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‹Hold thy peace, and come out of him.› And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.”

“For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:”

“The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.”

“‹And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.›”

“And Jesus answered him, saying, ‹It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.›”

“And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.”

“And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.”

“If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.”

“And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.”

“And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:”

“And in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.”

“And Jesus answering said unto him, ‹It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.›”

“And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.”

“Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.”

“And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?”

“And he said unto them, ‹Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.›”

“And he said, ‹Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.›”

“‹But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;›”

“‹But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta,› [a city] ‹of Sidon, unto a woman› [that was] ‹a widow.›”

“And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,”

“And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.”