10 Bible Verses about Pride

Not all pride is sin. Paul feels pride for the church in 2 Corinthians 7:4. But the pride that comes from trusting only in yourself is sinful. Here are 10 Bible verses that talk about pride.

Proverbs 13:10
Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.

Psalm 10:4
In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

Obadiah 1:3
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?’

2 Chronicles 26:16
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.

Isaiah 23:9
The Lord Almighty planned it, to bring down her pride in all her splendor and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.

Deuteronomy 8:14
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.

Job 40:11
Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,

1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

James 4:10
10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

1 Corinthians 4:6
Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.” Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other.

Psalm 10-4a