Top 25 Bible Verses About Pride (NIV)

This is a hand-curated and ranked list of 25 of the most relevant Bible verses about Pride (NIV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.

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Proverbs 11:2

3311 votes

² When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

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Proverbs 16:18

3310 votes

¹⁸ Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

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Proverbs 29:23

3185 votes

²³ A man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.

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Proverbs 8:13

3085 votes

¹³ To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.

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James 4:6

2694 votes

⁶ But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

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Proverbs 16:5

2433 votes

⁵ The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.

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Psalm 10:4

1893 votes

⁴ In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

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Proverbs 18:12

#10

1832 votes

¹² Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

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1 John 2:16

#11

1729 votes

¹⁶ For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world.

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Proverbs 13:10

#12

1718 votes

¹⁰ Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.

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Romans 12:16

#14

1711 votes

¹⁶ Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.

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Galatians 6:3

#15

1555 votes

³ If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

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Philippians 2:3

#16

1482 votes

³ Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

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Proverbs 26:12

#18

1349 votes

¹² Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Proverbs 27:2

#19

1347 votes

² Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

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Galatians 6:4

#20

1309 votes

⁴ Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else,

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Proverbs 21:4

#22

1223 votes

⁴ Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin!

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Psalm 59:12

#23

1092 votes

¹² For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter,

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Jeremiah 9:23

#24

1029 votes

²³ This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches,

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James 4:10

#26

1001 votes

¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

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Obadiah 3

#27

987 votes

³ 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?'

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1 Peter 5:5

#28

986 votes

⁵ Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

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Psalm 138:6

#29

967 votes

⁶ Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.

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Proverbs 21:24

#30

957 votes

²⁴ The proud and arrogant man-"Mocker" is his name; he behaves with overweening pride.

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Proverbs 16:19

#31

950 votes

¹⁹ Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.

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Top 25 Bible Verses About Pride (NIV)

Other Translations

Proverbs 11:2

Proverbs 16:18

Proverbs 29:23

Proverbs 8:13

James 4:6

Proverbs 16:5

Psalm 10:4

Proverbs 18:12

1 John 2:16

Proverbs 13:10

Romans 12:16

Galatians 6:3

Philippians 2:3

Proverbs 26:12

Proverbs 27:2

Galatians 6:4

Proverbs 21:4

Psalm 59:12

Jeremiah 9:23

James 4:10

Obadiah 3

1 Peter 5:5

Psalm 138:6

Proverbs 21:24

Proverbs 16:19

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