Pride
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Pride’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.
Showing 49–72 of 284 verses grouped under this topic.
Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.
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Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.
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The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.
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Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice.
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He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor is blessed.
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A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
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There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die.
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A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
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Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.
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He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.
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Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.
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Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
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It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
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He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
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The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
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Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
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Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
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A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
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The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name— he works in the arrogance of pride.
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As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.
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It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.
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Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
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Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.