The Spirit Of Pride

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

Pridegoethbefore destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

A man’s pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: Thoughhandjoinin hand, he shall not be unpunished.

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not requireit. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

A high look, and a proud heart, Eventhe lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.

By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honorgoethhumility.

Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.

Pridegoethbefore destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. — read the full passage →

For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name; He worketh in the arrogance of pride.

For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: — read the full passage →

Forthe sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod forhispride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

It is not good to eat much honey; Sofor mento search out their own glory is grievous.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

For all these things hath my hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.

And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass;

Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.

The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Isriches, and honor, and life.

For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah. — read the full passage →

because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity: and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground; I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom; And before honorgoethhumility.

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.

How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations! — read the full passage →

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.

If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;

And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. — read the full passage →

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

We are not again commending ourselves unto you, but speak as giving you occasion of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have wherewith to answer them that glory in appearance, and not in heart.

We have heard of the pride of Moab, thathe is very proud; even of his arrogancy, and his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nought.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, — read the full passage →

then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. — read the full passage →

The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? — read the full passage →

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate: — read the full passage →

and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; — read the full passage →

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet; — read the full passage →

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly.

for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.