pride

The 10 most-voted verses about pride, from 5 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

Proverbs 8:13 (BSB)

The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 8:13 (KJV)

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

Proverbs 8:13 (WEB)

When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

Proverbs 11:2 (BSB)

[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.

Proverbs 11:2 (KJV)

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

Proverbs 11:2 (WEB)

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:18 (BSB)

Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:18 (KJV)

Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:18 (WEB)

A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

Proverbs 29:23 (BSB)

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

Proverbs 29:23 (KJV)

A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

Proverbs 29:23 (WEB)

Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 16:5 (BSB)

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

Proverbs 16:5 (KJV)

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; they shall certainly not be unpunished.

Proverbs 16:5 (WEB)

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 18:12 (BSB)

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility.

Proverbs 18:12 (KJV)

Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

Proverbs 18:12 (WEB)

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

Romans 12:16 (BSB)

[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.

Romans 12:16 (KJV)

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

Romans 12:16 (WEB)

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

Philippians 2:3 (BSB)

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

Philippians 2:3 (KJV)

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Philippians 2:3 (WEB)

But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

James 4:6 (BSB)

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

James 4:6 (KJV)

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

James 4:6 (WEB)

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

1 John 2:16 (BSB)

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.

1 John 2:16 (KJV)

For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

1 John 2:16 (WEB)

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