Bible Verses About Boasting
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for boasting, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,773 votes, led by James 4:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Boasting
James 4:16719 votes
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Proverbs 27:2652 votes
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Jeremiah 9:23625 votes
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:
2 Timothy 3:1-5506 votes
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Proverbs 27:1481 votes
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
1 Corinthians 4:7289 votes
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?
2 Corinthians 11:30282 votes
If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
Ephesians 2:8265 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Psalms 94:4256 votes
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
Matthew 6:1-34228 votes
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.
Ephesians 2:8-9225 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
James 3:5221 votes
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Ephesians 2:9205 votes
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
1 Corinthians 1:31204 votes
That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 10:12-18182 votes
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.
Proverbs 25:14181 votes
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Galatians 6:14178 votes
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.
Jeremiah 9:23-24155 votes
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:
Jeremiah 9:24144 votes
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
James 4:13-16142 votes
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
2 Corinthians 10:17114 votes
But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:9109 votes
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Psalms 34:2106 votes
My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Isaiah 10:15102 votes
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Proverbs 11:2101 votes
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
What does the Bible say about boasting?
Readers most often cite James 4:16 on the subject of boasting. Across 10,773 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 27:2, Jeremiah 9:23, 2 Timothy 3:1-5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.