Bible Verses About Being Proud
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being proud, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 750 votes, led by James 4:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Proud
James 4:6110 votes
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
James 4:1083 votes
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Proverbs 8:1368 votes
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Luke 18:9-1466 votes
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
1 Corinthians 13:4-542 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Ephesians 4:31-3238 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
1 Peter 2:1831 votes
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
John 8:4429 votes
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Exodus 20:1722 votes
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
Romans 13:1222 votes
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
1 Corinthians 6:9-1022 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
2 Chronicles 7:1421 votes
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
1 John 1:921 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 10:920 votes
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 10:1718 votes
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Galatians 5:19-2118 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Matthew 18:1-3517 votes
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
John 5:1-4717 votes
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
1 John 4:116 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Peter 2:915 votes
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
1 Peter 5:514 votes
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.
Proverbs 16:510 votes
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Luke 23:3410 votes
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Ephesians 2:1010 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
James 5:1610 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
What does the Bible say about being proud?
Readers most often cite James 4:6 on the subject of being proud. Across 750 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 4:10, Proverbs 8:13, Luke 18:9-14. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.