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He said, "Praise be to the LORD, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians.
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly."
Exodus Chapter 18: Verses 10 - 11
I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.
Leviticus Chapter 26: Verse 19
Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day.
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,
and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied,
then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
Deuteronomy Chapter 8: Verses 11 - 14
You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me."
But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.
If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed.
Like the nations the LORD destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy Chapter 8: Verses 17 - 20
"Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, 'Come and be our king.'
"The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you really want to anoint me king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!'
Judges Chapter 9: Verses 14 - 15
"Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed.
"The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.
Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry hunger no more. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.
1 Samuel Chapter 2: Verses 3 - 5
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his house in order and then hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father's tomb.
2 Samuel Chapter 17: Verse 23
The king of Israel answered, "Tell him: 'One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.' "
1 Kings Chapter 20: Verse 11
But Naaman went away angry and said, "I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy.
Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than any of the waters of Israel? Couldn't I wash in them and be cleansed?" So he turned and went off in a rage.
Naaman's servants went to him and said, "My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, 'Wash and be cleansed'!"
2 Kings Chapter 5: Verses 11 - 13
But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: "A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, 'Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle underfoot.
You have indeed defeated Edom and now you are arrogant. Glory in your victory, but stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?"
2 Kings Chapter 14: Verses 9 - 10
Hezekiah received the messengers and showed them all that was in his storehouses,the silver, the gold, the spices and the fine oil,his armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
2 Kings Chapter 20: Verse 13
But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
Azariah the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the LORD followed him in.
They confronted him and said, "It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the LORD God."
Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the LORD's temple, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
2 Chronicles Chapter 26: Verses 16 - 19
But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon to ask him about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart.
2 Chronicles Chapter 32: Verse 31
When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged.
Esther Chapter 3: Verse 5
Haman boasted to them about his vast wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials.
Esther Chapter 5: Verse 11
But all this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the king's gate."
Esther Chapter 5: Verse 13
When Haman entered, the king asked him, "What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?" Now Haman thought to himself, "Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?"
Esther Chapter 6: Verse 6
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's fury subsided.
Esther Chapter 7: Verse 10
But a witless man can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man.
Job Chapter 11: Verse 12
"Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!
But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?
Job Chapter 12: Verses 2 - 3
What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
Job Chapter 13: Verse 2
If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
Job Chapter 13: Verse 5
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
"Would a wise man answer with empty notions or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
Would he argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?
But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.
Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.
"Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
Do you listen in on God's council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?
The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.
Are God's consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?
Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?
Job Chapter 15: Verses 1 - 13
Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?
Job Chapter 18: Verse 3
Who denounces his conduct to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
Job Chapter 21: Verses 31 - 32
It is not only the old who are wise, not only the aged who understand what is right.
"Therefore I say: Listen to me; I too will tell you what I know.
I waited while you spoke, I listened to your reasoning; while you were searching for words,
I gave you my full attention. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; none of you has answered his arguments.
Do not say, 'We have found wisdom; let God refute him, not man.'
Job Chapter 32: Verses 9 - 13
Therefore, men revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart? "
Job Chapter 37: Verse 24
Strike them with terror, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men.
Psalms Chapter 9: Verse 20
In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.
He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
His ways are always prosperous; he is haughty and your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his enemies.
He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me; I'll always be happy and never have trouble."
Psalms Chapter 10: Verses 2 - 6
He says to himself, "God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees."
Psalms Chapter 10: Verse 11
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue
that says, "We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips ,who is our master?"
Psalms Chapter 12: Verses 3 - 4
You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
Psalms Chapter 18: Verse 27
Love the LORD, all his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full.
Psalms Chapter 31: Verse 23
Their tombs will remain their houses forever, their dwellings for endless generations, though they had named lands after themselves.
Psalms Chapter 49: Verse 11
"Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!"
Psalms Chapter 52: Verse 7
Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
Psalms Chapter 73: Verse 6
They scoff, and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression.
Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.
Psalms Chapter 73: Verses 8 - 9
To the arrogant I say, 'Boast no more,' and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up your horns.
Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak with outstretched neck.' "
No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt a man.
Psalms Chapter 75: Verses 4 - 6
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure.
Psalms Chapter 101: Verse 5
You rebuke the arrogant, who are cursed and who stray from your commands.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 21
Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart.
Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 69 - 70
May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause; but I will meditate on your precepts.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 78
Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.
Psalms Chapter 138: Verse 6
He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.
Proverbs Chapter 3: Verse 34
There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him:
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs Chapter 6: Verses 16 - 17
To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.
Proverbs Chapter 8: Verse 13
He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
Proverbs Chapter 10: Verse 17
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs Chapter 11: Verse 2
A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his tongue.
Proverbs Chapter 11: Verse 12
Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
Proverbs Chapter 12: Verse 9
The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.
Proverbs Chapter 12: Verse 15
Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
Proverbs Chapter 13: Verse 10
He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who is kind to the needy.
Proverbs Chapter 14: Verse 21
A fool spurns his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
Proverbs Chapter 15: Verse 5
Stern discipline awaits him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
Proverbs Chapter 15: Verse 10
A mocker resents correction; he will not consult the wise.
Proverbs Chapter 15: Verse 12
The LORD tears down the proud man's house but he keeps the widow's boundaries intact.
Proverbs Chapter 15: Verse 25
He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
Proverbs Chapter 15: Verse 32
The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
Proverbs Chapter 16: Verse 5
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.
Proverbs Chapter 16: Verses 18 - 19
He who loves a quarrel loves sin; he who builds a high gate invites destruction.
Proverbs Chapter 17: Verse 19
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it an unscalable wall.
Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
Proverbs Chapter 18: Verses 11 - 12
Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?
Proverbs Chapter 20: Verse 6
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin!
Proverbs Chapter 21: Verse 4
The proud and arrogant man-"Mocker" is his name; he behaves with overweening pride.
Proverbs Chapter 21: Verse 24
Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of gifts he does not give.
Proverbs Chapter 25: Verse 14
It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
Proverbs Chapter 25: Verse 27
Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs Chapter 26: Verse 5
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs Chapter 26: Verse 12
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
Proverbs Chapter 26: Verse 16
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
Proverbs Chapter 27: Verse 2
A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has discernment sees through him.
Proverbs Chapter 28: Verse 11
Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.
Proverbs Chapter 29: Verse 8
A man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.
Proverbs Chapter 29: Verse 23
those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;
those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful;
Proverbs Chapter 30: Verses 12 - 13
The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled and the pride of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),
for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and all the oaks of Bashan,
for all the towering mountains and all the high hills,
for every lofty tower and every fortified wall,
for every trading ship and every stately vessel.
The arrogance of man will be brought low and the pride of men humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
Isaiah Chapter 2: Verses 11 - 17
The LORD says, "The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, tripping along with mincing steps, with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the LORD will make their scalps bald."
In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,
the earrings and bracelets and veils,
the headdresses and ankle chains and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms,
the signet rings and nose rings,
the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses
and mirrors, and the linen garments and tiaras and shawls.
Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of well-dressed hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding.
Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle.
The gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
Isaiah Chapter 3: Verses 16 - 26
Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.
Isaiah Chapter 5: Verse 8
So man will be brought low and mankind humbled, the eyes of the arrogant humbled.
Isaiah Chapter 5: Verse 15
All the people will know it, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say with pride and arrogance of heart,
"The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars."
Isaiah Chapter 9: Verses 9 - 10
"Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
But this is not what he intends, this is not what he has in mind; his purpose is to destroy, to put an end to many nations.
'Are not my commanders all kings?' he says.
'Has not Calno fared like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad, and Samaria like Damascus?
As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria-
shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?' "
When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, "I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes.
For he says: " 'By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their kings.
As one reaches into a nest, so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations; as men gather abandoned eggs, so I gathered all the countries; not one flapped a wing, or opened its mouth to chirp.' "
Does the ax raise itself above him who swings it, or the saw boast against him who uses it? As if a rod were to wield him who lifts it up, or a club brandish him who is not wood!
Therefore, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors; under his pomp a fire will be kindled like a blazing flame.
Isaiah Chapter 10: Verses 5 - 16
I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
Isaiah Chapter 13: Verse 11
How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."
But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit.
Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble,
Isaiah Chapter 14: Verses 12 - 16
What are you doing here and who gave you permission to cut out a grave for yourself here, hewing your grave on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock?
Isaiah Chapter 22: Verse 16
I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position.
Isaiah Chapter 22: Verse 19
Is this your city of revelry, the old, old city, whose feet have taken her to settle in far-off lands?
Isaiah Chapter 23: Verse 7
The LORD Almighty planned it, to bring low the pride of all glory and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.
Isaiah Chapter 23: Verse 9
The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish.
Isaiah Chapter 24: Verse 4
In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.
Isaiah Chapter 24: Verse 21
He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust.
Isaiah Chapter 26: Verse 5
That wreath, the pride of Ephraim's drunkards, will be trampled underfoot.
Isaiah Chapter 28: Verse 3
Hezekiah received the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his storehouses,the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine oil, his entire armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
Isaiah Chapter 39: Verse 2
You said, 'I will continue forever, the eternal queen!' But you did not consider these things or reflect on what might happen.
"Now then, listen, you wanton creature, lounging in your security and saying to yourself, 'I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or suffer the loss of children.'
Both of these will overtake you in a moment, on a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and all your potent spells.
You have trusted in your wickedness and have said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you when you say to yourself, 'I am, and there is none besides me.'
Isaiah Chapter 47: Verses 7 - 10
This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches,
but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah Chapter 9: Verses 23 - 24
"This is what the LORD says: 'In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah Chapter 13: Verse 9
Hear and pay attention, do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
Jeremiah Chapter 13: Verse 15
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly, overflowing with tears, because the LORD's flock will be taken captive.
Jeremiah Chapter 13: Verse 17
Since you trust in your deeds and riches, you too will be taken captive, and Chemosh will go into exile, together with his priests and officials.
Jeremiah Chapter 48: Verse 7
"How can you say, 'We are warriors, men valiant in battle'?
Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded; her finest young men will go down in the slaughter," declares the King, whose name is the LORD Almighty.
Jeremiah Chapter 48: Verses 14 - 15
"We have heard of Moab's pride, her overweening pride and conceit, her pride and arrogance and the haughtiness of her heart.
Jeremiah Chapter 48: Verse 29
Why do you boast of your valleys, boast of your valleys so fruitful? O unfaithful daughter, you trust in your riches and say, 'Who will attack me?'
Jeremiah Chapter 49: Verse 4
The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks, who occupy the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle's, from there I will bring you down," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah Chapter 49: Verse 16
"See, I am against you, O arrogant one," declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty, "for your day has come, the time for you to be punished.
The arrogant one will stumble and fall and no one will help her up; I will kindle a fire in her towns that will consume all who are around her."
Jeremiah Chapter 50: Verses 31 - 32
You would not even mention your sister Sodom in the day of your pride,
Ezekiel Chapter 16: Verse 56
"Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: " 'In the pride of your heart you say, "I am a god; I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas." But you are a man and not a god, though you think you are as wise as a god.
Are you wiser than Daniel ? Is no secret hidden from you?
By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.
By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.
" 'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: " 'Because you think you are wise, as wise as a god,
I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations; they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom and pierce your shining splendor.
They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
Will you then say, "I am a god," in the presence of those who kill you? You will be but a man, not a god, in the hands of those who slay you.
Ezekiel Chapter 28: Verses 2 - 9
Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.
Ezekiel Chapter 28: Verse 17
" 'This is what the LORD says: " 'The allies of Egypt will fall and her proud strength will fail. From Migdol to Aswan they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Sovereign LORD.
Ezekiel Chapter 30: Verse 6
" 'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because it towered on high, lifting its top above the thick foliage, and because it was proud of its height,
I handed it over to the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside,
Ezekiel Chapter 31: Verses 10 - 11
he said, "Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?"
The words were still on his lips when a voice came from heaven, "This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you.
You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like cattle. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes."
Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like cattle. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation.
Daniel Chapter 4: Verses 30 - 34
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
Daniel Chapter 4: Verse 37
But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
Daniel Chapter 5: Verse 20
He will pitch his royal tents between the seas at the beautiful holy mountain. Yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.
Daniel Chapter 11: Verse 45
Israel's arrogance testifies against them; the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin; Judah also stumbles with them.
Hosea Chapter 5: Verse 5
Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will drive Ephraim, Judah must plow, and Jacob must break up the ground.
Hosea Chapter 10: Verse 11
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, 'Who can bring me down to the ground?'
Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down," declares the LORD.
Obadiah Chapter 1: Verses 3 - 4
Nothing can heal your wound; your injury is fatal. Everyone who hears the news about you claps his hands at your fall, for who has not felt your endless cruelty?
Nahum Chapter 3: Verse 19
"See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright, but the righteous will live by his faith -
indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.
Habakkuk Chapter 2: Verses 4 - 5
"Woe to him who builds his realm by unjust gain to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of ruin!
You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.
Habakkuk Chapter 2: Verses 9 - 10
This is the carefree city that lived in safety. She said to herself, "I am, and there is none besides me." What a ruin she has become, a lair for wild beasts! All who pass by her scoff and shake their fists.
Zephaniah Chapter 2: Verse 15
On that day you will not be put to shame for all the wrongs you have done to me, because I will remove from this city those who rejoice in their pride. Never again will you be haughty on my holy hill.
Zephaniah Chapter 3: Verse 11
"Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty. "Not a root or a branch will be left to them.
Malachi Chapter 4: Verse 1
they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;
they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them 'Rabbi.'
"But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers.
Matthew Chapter 23: Verses 6 - 8
Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ.
The greatest among you will be your servant.
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Matthew Chapter 23: Verses 10 - 12
For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
Mark Chapter 7: Verses 21 - 22
As he taught, Jesus said, "Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted in the marketplaces,
and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
Mark Chapter 12: Verses 38 - 39
He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.
Luke Chapter 1: Verses 51 - 52
"Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
Luke Chapter 11: Verse 43
"When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.
If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your seat.' Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.
Luke Chapter 14: Verses 8 - 9
"Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
Luke Chapter 20: Verse 46
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
Romans Chapter 1: Verse 22
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
Romans Chapter 1: Verses 29 - 30
If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,
do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in."
Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
Romans Chapter 11: Verses 17 - 21
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
Romans Chapter 11: Verse 25
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 measure of faith God has given you.
Romans Chapter 12: Verse 3
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.
Romans Chapter 12: Verse 16
so that no one may boast before him.
1 Corinthians Chapter 1: Verse 29
Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise.
1 Corinthians Chapter 3: Verse 18
Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, "Do not go beyond what is written." Then you will not take pride in one man over against another.
For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have become kings,and that without us! How I wish that you really had become kings so that we might be kings with you!
1 Corinthians Chapter 4: Verses 6 - 8
We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored!
1 Corinthians Chapter 4: Verse 10
And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this?
1 Corinthians Chapter 5: Verse 2
Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough?
1 Corinthians Chapter 5: Verse 6
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
1 Corinthians Chapter 8: Verses 1 - 2
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!
1 Corinthians Chapter 10: Verse 12
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 Corinthians Chapter 13: Verse 4
If he ignores this, he himself will be ignored.
1 Corinthians Chapter 14: Verse 38
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
2 Corinthians Chapter 10: Verse 5
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.
2 Corinthians Chapter 10: Verse 12
For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
2 Corinthians Chapter 10: Verse 18
To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
2 Corinthians Chapter 12: Verse 7
If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Galatians Chapter 6: Verse 3
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
Ephesians Chapter 4: Verse 17
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
Philippians Chapter 2: Verse 3
I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
1 Timothy Chapter 2: Verse 9
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.
1 Timothy Chapter 3: Verse 6
If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,
he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions
1 Timothy Chapter 6: Verses 3 - 4
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
1 Timothy Chapter 6: Verse 17
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
2 Timothy Chapter 3: Verse 2
treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
2 Timothy Chapter 3: Verse 4
Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
James Chapter 3: Verse 1
But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
James Chapter 4: Verse 6
not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
1 Peter Chapter 5: Verse 3
For everything in the world,the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does,comes not from the Father but from the world.
1 John Chapter 2: Verse 16
You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.
I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
Revelation Chapter 3: Verses 17 - 18
Give her as much torture and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts, 'I sit as queen; I am not a widow, and I will never mourn.'
Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
Revelation Chapter 18: Verses 7 - 8
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