1 Timothy 3:6

God's Word

He must not be a new Christian, or he might become arrogant like the devil and be condemned.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:10

You certainly defeated Edom, and now you have become arrogant. Enjoy your fame, but stay home. Why must you invite disaster and your own defeat and take Judah with you?”

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God. He went into the Lord’s temple to burn incense on the incense altar.

2 Chronicles 32:25

But Hezekiah was conceited, so he didn’t repay the Lord for his kindness. The Lord became angry with him, with Judah, and with Jerusalem.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction a person’s heart is arrogant, but humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 29:23

A person’s pride will humiliate him, but a humble spirit gains honor.

Isaiah 2:12

The Lord of Armies will have his day against all who are arrogant and conceited and all who are proud of themselves (they will be humbled),

Daniel 11:12

When that army is captured, the southern king will become conceited. Although he will dominate tens of thousands of people, he will not always be strong.

Luke 10:18

Jesus said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning.

1 Corinthians 3:1

Brothers and sisters, I couldn’t talk to you as spiritual people but as people still influenced by your corrupt nature. You were infants in your faith in Christ.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now, concerning food offered to false gods: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes people arrogant, but love builds them up.

2 Corinthians 12:7

especially because of the excessive number of revelations that I’ve had. Therefore, to keep me from becoming conceited, I am forced to deal with a recurring problem. That problem, Satan’s messenger, torments me to keep me from being conceited.

Deuteronomy 17:20

Then he won’t think he’s better than the rest of his people, and he won’t disobey these commands in any way. So he and his sons will rule for a long time in Israel.

Deuteronomy 8:14

When this happens, be careful that you don’t become arrogant and forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.

1 Timothy 3:7

People who are not Christians must speak well of him, or he might become the victim of disgraceful insults that the devil sets as traps for him.

1 Timothy 6:4

is a conceited person. He shows that he doesn’t understand anything. Rather, he has an unhealthy desire to argue and quarrel about words. This produces jealousy, rivalry, cursing, suspicion,

2 Timothy 3:4

They will be traitors. They will be reckless and conceited. They will love pleasure rather than God.

1 Peter 2:2

Desire God’s pure word as newborn babies desire milk. Then you will grow in your salvation.

1 Peter 5:5

Young people, in a similar way, place yourselves under the authority of spiritual leaders. Furthermore, all of you must serve each other with humility, because God opposes the arrogant but favors the humble.

2 Peter 2:4

God didn’t spare angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, where he has secured them with chains of darkness and is holding them for judgment.

Jude 1:6

He held angels for judgment on the great day. They were held in darkness, bound by eternal chains. These are the angels who didn’t keep their position of authority but abandoned their assigned place.