1 Timothy 3:6

Good News Translation

He must be mature in the faith, so that he will not swell up with pride and be condemned, as the Devil was.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:10

Now Amaziah, you have defeated the Edomites, and you are filled with pride. Be satisfied with your fame and stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and your people?”

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when King Uzziah became strong, he grew arrogant, and that led to his downfall. He defied the Lord his God by going into the Temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 32:25

But Hezekiah was too proud to show gratitude for what the Lord had done for him, and Judah and Jerusalem suffered for it.

Proverbs 18:12

No one is respected unless he is humble; arrogant people are on the way to ruin.

Proverbs 29:23

Arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.

Isaiah 2:12

On that day the Lord Almighty will humble everyone who is powerful, everyone who is proud and conceited.

Daniel 11:12

He will be proud of his victory and of the many soldiers he has killed, but he will not continue to be victorious.

Luke 10:18

Jesus answered them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

1 Corinthians 3:1

As a matter of fact, my friends, I could not talk to you as I talk to people who have the Spirit; I had to talk to you as though you belonged to this world, as children in the Christian faith.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now, concerning what you wrote about food offered to idols. It is true, of course, that “all of us have knowledge,” as they say. Such knowledge, however, puffs a person up with pride; but love builds up.

2 Corinthians 12:7

But to keep me from being puffed up with pride because of the many wonderful things I saw, I was given a painful physical ailment, which acts as Satan's messenger to beat me and keep me from being proud.

Deuteronomy 17:20

This will keep him from thinking that he is better than other Israelites and from disobeying the Lord's commands in any way. Then he will reign for many years, and his descendants will rule Israel for many generations.

Deuteronomy 8:14

be sure that you do not become proud and forget the Lord your God who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.

1 Timothy 3:7

He should be a man who is respected by the people outside the church, so that he will not be disgraced and fall into the Devil's trap.

1 Timothy 6:4

is swollen with pride and knows nothing. He has an unhealthy desire to argue and quarrel about words, and this brings on jealousy, disputes, insults, evil suspicions,

2 Timothy 3:4

they will be treacherous, reckless, and swollen with pride; they will love pleasure rather than God;

1 Peter 2:2

Be like newborn babies, always thirsty for the pure spiritual milk, so that by drinking it you may grow up and be saved.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way you younger people must submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you must put on the apron of humility, to serve one another; for the scripture says, “God resists the proud, but shows favor to the humble.”

2 Peter 2:4

God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell, where they are kept chained in darkness, waiting for the Day of Judgment.

Jude 1:6

Remember the angels who did not stay within the limits of their proper authority, but abandoned their own dwelling place: they are bound with eternal chains in the darkness below, where God is keeping them for that great Day on which they will be condemned.