Quotes About Pride

I say to the proud, ëDo not boast,í and to the wicked, ëDo not lift up your horn.

Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.í”

The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.

They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.

A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.

Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.

A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.

The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.

Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.

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

It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.

He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

Before his downfall a manís heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!