Deut 8: 14

(NIV)
then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
(ESV)
then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,

2Chr 25: 19

(NIV)
You say to yourself that you have defeated Edom, and now you are arrogant and proud. But stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?’

(ESV)
You say, ‘See, I have struck down Edom,’ and your heart has lifted you up in boastfulness. But now stay at home. Why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”

2Chr 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.
(ESV)
But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

2Chr 32: 25

(NIV)
But Hezekiah’s heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the Lord’s wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.
(ESV)
But Hezekiah did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem.

Job 28: 8

(NIV)
Proud beasts do not set foot on it,
and no lion prowls there.
(ESV)
The proud beasts have not trodden it;
the lion has not passed over it.

Job 38: 11

(NIV)
when I said, “This far you may come and no farther;
here is where your proud waves halt”?
(ESV)
and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?

Job 39: 20

(NIV)
Do you make it leap like a locust,
striking terror with its proud snorting?
(ESV)
Do you make him leap like the locust?
His majestic snorting is terrifying.

Job 40: 11

(NIV)
Unleash the fury of your wrath,
look at all who are proud and bring them low,
(ESV)
Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.

Job 40: 12

(NIV)
look at all who are proud and humble them,
crush the wicked where they stand.
(ESV)
Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low
and tread down the wicked where they stand.

Job 41: 34

(NIV)
It looks down on all that are haughty;
it is king over all that are proud.’
(ESV)
He sees everything that is high;
he is king over all the sons of pride.”

Ps 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.
(ESV)
Love the Lord, all you his saints!
The Lord preserves the faithful
but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.

Ps 36: 11

(NIV)
May the foot of the proud not come against me,
nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
(ESV)
Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Ps 40: 4

(NIV)
Blessed is the one
who trusts in the Lord,
who does not look to the proud,
to those who turn aside to false gods.
(ESV)
Blessed is the man who makes
the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after a lie!

Ps 94: 2

(NIV)
Rise up, Judge of the earth;
pay back to the proud what they deserve.
(ESV)
Rise up, O judge of the earth;
repay to the proud what they deserve!

Ps 101: 5

(NIV)
Whoever slanders their neighbour in secret,
I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,
I will not tolerate.
(ESV)
Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly
I will destroy.
Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart
I will not endure.

Ps 123: 4

(NIV)
We have endured no end
of ridicule from the arrogant,
of contempt from the proud.
(ESV)
Our soul has had more than enough
of the scorn of those who are at ease,
of the contempt of the proud.

(NIV)

A song of ascents. Of David.

(ESV)

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

Ps 131: 1

(NIV)
My heart is not proud, Lord,
my eyes are not haughty;
I do not concern myself with great matters
or things too wonderful for me.
(ESV)
O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;
my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvelous for me.

Prov 3: 34

(NIV)
He mocks proud mockers
but shows favour to the humble and oppressed.
(ESV)
Toward the scorners he is scornful,
but to the humble he gives favor.

Prov 15: 25

(NIV)
The Lord tears down the house of the proud,
but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place.
(ESV)
The Lord tears down the house of the proud
but maintains the widow’s boundaries.

Prov 16: 5

(NIV)
The Lord detests all the proud of heart.
Be sure of this: they will not go unpunished.
(ESV)
Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
be assured, he will not go unpunished.

Prov 16: 19

(NIV)
Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed
than to share plunder with the proud.
(ESV)
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor
than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Prov 21: 4

(NIV)
Haughty eyes and a proud heart –
the unploughed field of the wicked – produce sin.
(ESV)
Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
the lamp of the wicked, are sin.

Prov 21: 24

(NIV)
The proud and arrogant person – ‘Mocker’ is his name –
behaves with insolent fury.
(ESV)
Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man
who acts with arrogant pride.

Eccl 7: 8

(NIV)
The end of a matter is better than its beginning,
and patience is better than pride.
(ESV)
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,
and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Isa 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),
(ESV)
For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;

Isa 16: 6

(NIV)
We have heard of Moab’s pride –
how great is her arrogance! –
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
but her boasts are empty.
(ESV)
We have heard of the pride of Moab
how proud he is!—
of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
in his idle boasting he is not right.

Isa 22: 18

(NIV)
He will roll you up tightly like a ball
and throw you into a large country.
There you will die
and there the chariots you were so proud of
will become a disgrace to your master’s house.
(ESV)
and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be your glorious chariots, you shame of your master’s house.

Isa 28: 1

(NIV)
Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards,
to the fading flower, his glorious beauty,
set on the head of a fertile valley –
to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!
(ESV)
Ah, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!

Isa 28: 3

(NIV)
That wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards,
will be trampled underfoot.
(ESV)
The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim
will be trodden underfoot;

Jer 13: 15

(NIV)
Hear and pay attention,
do not be arrogant,
for the Lord has spoken.
(ESV)
Hear and give ear; be not proud,
for the Lord has spoken.

Jer 48: 29

(NIV)
‘We have heard of Moab’s pride –
how great is her arrogance! –
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
and the haughtiness of her heart.
(ESV)
We have heard of the pride of Moab
he is very proud
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart.

Jer 50: 31

(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.
(ESV)
Behold, I am against you, O proud one,
declares the Lord God of hosts,
for your day has come,
the time when I will punish you.

Jer 50: 32

(NIV)
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.’
(ESV)
The proud one shall stumble and fall,
with none to raise him up,
and I will kindle a fire in his cities,
and it will devour all that is around him.

Ezek 28: 2

(NIV)
‘Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

‘“In the pride of your heart
you say, ‘I am a god;
I sit on the throne of a god
in the heart of the seas.’
But you are a mere mortal and not a god,
though you think you are as wise as a god.
(ESV)
Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:

“Because your heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet you are but a man, and no god,
though you make your heart like the heart of a god

Ezek 28: 5

(NIV)
By your great skill in trading
you have increased your wealth,
and because of your wealth
your heart has grown proud.
(ESV)
by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and your heart has become proud in your wealth

Ezek 28: 17

(NIV)
Your heart became proud
on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
because of your splendour.
So I threw you to the earth;
I made a spectacle of you before kings.
(ESV)
Your heart was proud because of your beauty;
you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I exposed you before kings,
to feast their eyes on you.

Ezek 30: 6

(NIV)
‘“This is what the Lord says:

‘“The allies of Egypt will fall
and her proud strength will fail.
From Migdol to Aswan
they will fall by the sword within her,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
(ESV)
Thus says the Lord:
Those who support Egypt shall fall,
and her proud might shall come down;
from Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord God.

Ezek 30: 18

(NIV)
Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes
when I break the yoke of Egypt;
there her proud strength will come to an end.
She will be covered with clouds,
and her villages will go into captivity.
(ESV)
At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark,
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and her proud might shall come to an end in her;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity.

Ezek 31: 10

(NIV)
‘“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud of its height,
(ESV)
Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because it towered high and set its top among the clouds, and its heart was proud of its height,

Ezek 33: 28

(NIV)
I will make the land a desolate waste, and her proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains of Israel will become desolate so that no one will cross them.
(ESV)
And I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and her proud might shall come to an end, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that none will pass through.

Hos 13: 6

(NIV)
When I fed them, they were satisfied;
when they were satisfied, they became proud;
then they forgot me.
(ESV)
but when they had grazed, they became full,
they were filled, and their heart was lifted up;
therefore they forgot me.

Zech 10: 3

(NIV)
‘My anger burns against the shepherds,
and I will punish the leaders;
for the Lord Almighty will care
for his flock, the people of Judah,
and make them like a proud horse in battle.
(ESV)
“My anger is hot against the shepherds,
and I will punish the leaders;
for the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,
and will make them like his majestic steed in battle.

Luke 1: 51

(NIV)
He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;
he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
(ESV)
He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;

Rom 11: 20

(NIV)
Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble.
(ESV)
That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear.

Rom 12: 16

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

(ESV)
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.

Rom 15: 17

(NIV)
Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
(ESV)
In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.

1Cor 5: 2

(NIV)
And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this?
(ESV)
And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.

1Cor 13: 4

(NIV)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
(ESV)
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

Phil 2: 16

(NIV)
as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labour in vain.
(ESV)
holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

2Tim 3: 2

(NIV)
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
(ESV)
For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

Jas 4: 6

(NIV)
But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:

‘God opposes the proud
but shows favour to the humble.’
(ESV)
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

1Pet 5: 5

(NIV)
In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility towards one another, because,

‘God opposes the proud
but shows favour to the humble.’
(ESV)
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, forGod opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Rev 13: 5

(NIV)
The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.
(ESV)
And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.
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