70+ Bible verses that teach about arrogance and pride

The Bible teaches that God hates arrogance and punishes those who are of a proud spirit. Consequently, as believers, we need to walk in humility, following the example set for us by Jesus Christ, our savior.

Arrogance and pride is synonymous with boasting, conceit, egotism, haughtiness, hubris, insolence, and self-importance, among other terms (Oxford Languages Dictionary).

Here are 70+ Bible verses that teach against arrogance and pride:

1 Samuel 2:3

“Talk no more so very proudly; let no arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is the God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.”

2 Samuel 22:28

“You will save the humble people, but Your eyes are on the haughty, that You may bring them down.”

2 Chronicles 26:16

“But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the LORD his God by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.”

2 Chronicles 25:19

Indeed, you say that you have defeated the Edomites, and your heart is lifted up to boast. Stay at home now; why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall—you and Judah with you?”

2 Chronicles 32:26

“Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.”

Job 35:12

“There they cry out, but He does not answer because of the pride of evil men.”

Job 40:11

“Disperse the rage of your wrath; look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.”

Job 40:12

“Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low; tread down the wicked in their place.”

Psalm 5:5

“The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity.”

Psalm 12:3

“May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks proud things.

Psalm 18:27

“For You will save the humble people, but you will bring down haughty looks.”

Psalm 31:23

“Oh, love the LORD, all you His saints! For the LORD preserves the faithful and fully repays the proud person.”

Psalm 49:6-8

“Those who trust in their wealth and boast in the multitude of their riches, none of them can by any means redeem their brother nor give God a ransom for him.”

Psalm 52:1

“Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.”

Psalm 75:4

“I said to the boastful, ‘do not deal boastfully, and to the wicked, ‘do not lift the horn.’’”

Psalm 94:2

“Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render punishment to the proud.”

Psalm 94:4

“They utter speech and speak insolent things; all the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.”

Psalm 97:7

“Let all be put to shame who serve carved images and who boast of idols. Worship Him, all you gods.”

Psalm 101:5

“Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; the one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.”

Psalm 119:21

“You rebuke the proud—the cursed—who stray from Your commandments.”

Psalm 138:6

“Though the LORD is on high, yet He regards the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.”

Proverbs 8:13

“The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.”

Proverbs 13:10

“By pride comes nothing but strife, but with the well-advised is wisdom.”

Proverbs 14:3

“In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.”

Proverbs 15:25

“The LORD will destroy the house of the proud, but He will establish the boundary of the widow.”

Proverbs 16:18

“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

Proverbs 16:5

“Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; though they join forces, none will go unpunished.”

Proverbs 16:19

“Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud.”

Proverbs 18:12

“Before destruction, the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.”

Proverbs 21:4

“A haughty look, a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked are sin.”

Proverbs 21:24

“A proud and haughty man—scoffer is his name; he acts with arrogant pride.”

Proverbs 27:1

“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.”

Proverbs 28:25

“He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.”

Proverbs 29:23

“A man’s pride will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will retain honor.”

Isaiah 2:12

“For the day of the LORD of hosts shall come upon everything proud and lofty, upon everything lifted up, and it shall be brought low.”

Isaiah 10:12

“Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has performed all His work on Mount Zion and Jerusalem, that He will say, ‘I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the glory of his haughty looks.’”

Isaiah 10:33

“Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will lop off the bough with terror; those of high stature will be hewn down, and the haughty will be humbled.”

Isaiah 13:11

“I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity; I will halt the arrogance of the proud and lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.”

Isaiah 23:9

“The LORD of hosts has purposed it, to bring to dishonor the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.”

Isaiah 24:4

“The earth mourns and fades away; the world languishes and fades away; the haughty people of the earth languish.”

Isaiah 28:1,3

“Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower which is at the head of the verdant valleys, to those who are overcome with wine!

The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, will be trampled underfoot.

Jeremiah 13:15

“Hear and give ear; do not be proud, for the LORD has spoken.”

Jeremiah 43:2

“That Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, ‘You speak falsely! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to dwell there.’’”

Jeremiah 48:29

“We have heard the pride of Moab (he is exceedingly proud), of his loftiness, arrogance, and pride, and of the haughtiness of his heart.”

Jeremiah 50:31

“Behold, I am against you, O most haughty one! Says the Lord God of hosts, ‘For your day has come, the time that I will punish you.’”

Jeremiah 50:32

“The most proud shall stumble and fall, and no one will raise him up; I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all around him.”

Ezekiel 16:49

“Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: she and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.”

Ezekiel 24:21

“Speak to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the delight of your soul; and your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.’’”

Ezekiel 30:18

“At Tehaphnehes, the day shall also be darkened, when I break the yokes of Egypt there. And her arrogant strength shall cease in her; as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.”

Daniel 4:37

“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, extol, and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride, He is able to put down.”

Daniel 5:20

“But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him.”

Obadiah 1:3

“The pride of your heart has deceived you. You who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, You who say in your heart, Who will bring me down to the ground?’”

Zephaniah 2:8

“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the people of Ammon, with which they have reproached My people and made arrogant threats against their borders.”

Malachi 4:1

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, and all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly, will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, that will leave them neither root nor branch.’”

1 Corinthians 3:20–21

“And again, ‘the LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.’ Therefore, let no one boast in men.”

Galatians 5:26

“Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”

Philippians 2:3

“Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind, let each esteem others better than himself.”

1 Timothy 6:17

“Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.”

James 4:6

“But He gives more grace. Therefore, He says, ‘God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.’”

James 4:16

“But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.”

1 John 2:16

“For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.”

I hope this was helpful. God bless you, Shalom.

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