28 Bible Verses on Pride

Pride is a state of self-exaltation where a person places their own desires, abilities, or achievements above others and even above God. It reflects an inflated sense of self-importance, leading to a refusal to submit to God’s authority. Haughtiness, closely related to pride, is an attitude of arrogance and disrespect toward others, often characterized by a sense of superiority and entitlement. Pride and haughtiness are frequent themes in the Bible, appearing in numerous verses that warn against the destructive nature of these attitudes. God views pride as a serious sin because it leads to rebellion against Him and harms relationships with others, often resulting in judgment and downfall. Learning how the Bible describes pride helps us avoid this dangerous characteristic and helps us remain humble as we stand before God, and as we interact with people.

Bible Verses On Pride

1. Proverbs 16:18 (NIV) – “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.”
   
   
2. James 4:6 (NIV) – “But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: ‘God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.'”
   
   
3. Proverbs 11:2 (NIV) – “When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.”
   
   
4. 1 Peter 5:5 (NIV) – “In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, ‘God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.'”
   
   
5. Proverbs 18:12 (NIV) – “Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.”
   
   
6. Proverbs 29:23 (NIV) – “Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.”
   
   
7. Isaiah 2:12 (NIV) – “The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled).”
   
   
8. Obadiah 1:3-4 (NIV) – “The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down,’ declares the Lord.”
   
   
9. Proverbs 16:5 (NIV) – “The Lord detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.”
   
   
10. Psalm 10:4 (NIV) – “In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.”
    
    
11. Proverbs 8:13 (NIV) – “To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.”
    
    
12. Isaiah 23:9 (NIV) – “The Lord Almighty planned it, to bring down her pride in all her splendor and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.”
    
    
13. Jeremiah 9:23-24 (NIV) – “This is what the Lord says: ‘Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,’ declares the Lord.”
    
    
14. Daniel 5:20 (NIV) – “But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.”
    
    
15. Psalm 31:23 (NIV) – “Love the Lord, all his faithful people! The Lord preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full.”
    
    
16. Proverbs 21:4 (NIV) – “Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.”
    
    
17. Proverbs 6:16-17 (NIV) – “There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood.”
    
    
18. Isaiah 13:11 (NIV) – “I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.”
    
    
19. 2 Chronicles 26:16 (NIV) – “But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.”
    
    
20. Psalm 73:6 (NIV) – “Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.”
    
    
21. Luke 1:51 (NIV) – “He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.”
    
    
22. Jeremiah 50:31-32 (NIV) – “‘See, I am against you, you arrogant one,’ declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty, ‘for your day has come, the time for you to be punished. The arrogant one will stumble and fall and no one will help her up; I will kindle a fire in her towns that will consume all who are around her.'”
    
    
23. 1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV) – “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”
    
    
24. Proverbs 27:2 (NIV) – “Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.”
    
    
25. Proverbs 21:24 (NIV) – “The proud and arrogant person—‘Mocker’ is his name— behaves with insolent fury.”
    
    
26. Psalm 94:4 (NIV) – “They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.”
    
    
27. Isaiah 3:16 (NIV) – “The Lord says, ‘The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, strutting along with swaying hips, with ornaments jingling on their ankles.'”
    
    
28. Zephaniah 3:11 (NIV) – “On that day you, Jerusalem, will not be put to shame for all the wrongs you have done to me, because I will remove from you your arrogant boasters. Never again will you be haughty on my holy hill.”