What does the Bible say about Pride?

Proverbs 16:18   New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

James 4:6   New American Standard Bible (NASB)

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Proverbs 16:5   New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.

Proverbs 8:13   New American Standard Bible (NASB)

“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverted mouth, I hate.

Obadiah 3   New American Standard Bible (NASB)

“The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of the rock,
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
‘Who will bring me down to earth?’

Isaiah 2:11   New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The proud look of man will be abased
And the loftiness of man will be humbled,
And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.


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