1 Timothy 3:6

New King James Version

not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:10

You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Glory in that, and stay at home; for why should you meddle with trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the Lord his God by entering the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 32:25

But Hezekiah did not repay according to the favor shown him, for his heart was lifted up; therefore wrath was looming over him and over Judah and Jerusalem.

Proverbs 18:12

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

Proverbs 29:23

A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.

Isaiah 2:12

For the day of the Lord of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up— And it shall be brought low—

Daniel 11:12

When he has taken away the multitude, his heart will be lifted up; and he will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not prevail.

Luke 10:18

And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

1 Corinthians 3:1

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.

2 Corinthians 12:7

And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.

Deuteronomy 17:20

that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel.

Deuteronomy 8:14

when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

1 Timothy 3:7

Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

1 Timothy 6:4

he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,

2 Timothy 3:4

traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

1 Peter 2:2

as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

Jude 1:6

And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;