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Bible Verses About Pride & Humility

Pride goes before destruction, but God gives grace to the humble. These Bible verses about pride expose the oldest trap in the book — and show the freedom on the low road.

Proverbs 16:18

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Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Proverbs 11:2

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When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

Philippians 2:3-4

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doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

Proverbs 29:23

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A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

1 Peter 5:5-6

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Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

Proverbs 8:13

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The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

Galatians 6:3

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For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Proverbs 27:2

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Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

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