103 Bible verses about Pride, Haughtiness and Arrogance

Pride is often that sneaky feeling of being better than everyone else. It's that arrogance that can creep in and make you think you've got it all figured out. The Bible tells us that this kind of pride pushes us away from God. Psalm 10:4¹ puts it plainly: "In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God."

God isn't looking for us to be puffed up; He wants us to be humble. He wants us to realize we aren't self-sufficient, that we need Him. Psalm 138:6² reminds us, "Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar."

If we truly believe, we've got to kick pride to the curb. It's a roadblock on our path to God. Now, this doesn't mean we shouldn't have a healthy sense of self-worth. There's a big difference between healthy self-esteem and destructive pride.

It's a good idea to ask God to search our hearts and show us where we might be going wrong. When we do that, we open ourselves up to His mercy and the promise of a life truly saved.

When pride cometh, then cometh shame: But with the lowly is wisdom.

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

A man's pride shall bring him low: But honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the froward mouth, do I hate.

And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

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

These six things doth the LORD hate: Yea, seven are an abomination unto him:A proud look, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: For the LORD is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.

thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Pride goeth before destruction, And an haughty spirit before a fall.

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:but the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.

But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

Only by pride cometh contention: But with the well advised is wisdom.

And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: But he will establish the border of the widow.

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, And before honour is humility.

But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,and greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

An high look, and a proud heart, And the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

He hath shewed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Proud and haughty scorner is his name, Who dealeth in proud wrath.

For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

It is not good to eat much honey: So for men to search their own glory is not glory.

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: But he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Let the lying lips be put to silence; Which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

that no flesh should glory in his presence.

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: And for cursing and lying which they speak.

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?

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; Violence covereth them as a garment.

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, Him will I cut off: Him that hath an high look And a proud heart will not I suffer.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: But the proud he knoweth afar off.

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.For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:but the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

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

The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

for he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.

Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

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:

he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

to speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

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.Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:Lift not up your horn on high: Speak not with a stiff neck.

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render a reward to the proud.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: But he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But the LORD weigheth the spirits.

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: But a faithful man who can find?

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

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.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

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