Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Pride

Pride (bad)
Leviticus 26:18,19 If after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for your sins seven times over. I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.
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.
1 Samuel 2:3 "Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed.
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.
2 Chronicles 32:24-26 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the LORD , who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign. But Hezekiah’s heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the LORD’s wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem. Then Hezekiah repented of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the LORD's wrath did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.
Psalm 10:4 In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
Psalm 31:23 Love the LORD , all his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full.
Psalm 40:4 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods. [ 40:4 Or [ to falsehood ] ]
Psalm 94:2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.
Psalm 101:5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure.
Psalm 131:1 My heart is not proud, O LORD , my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.
Psalm 138:6 Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.
Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behaviour and perverse speech.
Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 13:10 Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 21:24 The proud and arrogant man-"Mocker" is his name; he behaves with overweening pride.
Proverbs 29:23 A man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honour.
Proverbs 3:34He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.
Proverbs 15:25The LORD tears down the proud man's house but he keeps the widow's boundaries intact.
Proverbs 16:5The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 16:19Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.
Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor. Proverbs 21:4Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin!
Ecclesiastes 7:8 The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.
Isaiah 2:11 The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled and the pride of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 10:12 When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, "I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes.
Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
Isaiah 16:6 We have heard of Moab's pride- her overweening pride and conceit, her pride and her insolence- but her boasts are empty.
Isaiah 23:9 The LORD Almighty planned it, to bring low the pride of all glory and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.
Isaiah 37:23 Who is it you have insulted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
Jeremiah 49:16 The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks, who occupy the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle's, from there I will bring you down," declares the LORD .
Ezekiel 28:2 "Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: " 'In the pride of your heart you say, "I am a god; I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas." But you are a man and not a god, though you think you are as wise as a god.
Daniel 5:20 But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
Hosea 13:6 When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.
Romans 12:16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.[ 12:16 Or willing to do menial work] Do not be conceited.
1 Corinthians 5:2 And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this?
1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 2 Timothy 3:2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
James 4:6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
1 Peter 5:5 Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

Pride (good)
Proverbs 17:6 Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.

Isaiah 4:2 In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel.
2 Corinthians 5:12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.
2 Corinthians 7:4 I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in you. I am greatly encouraged; in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds.
2 Corinthians 8:24 Therefore show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you, so that the churches can see it.
Galatians 6:4 Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else,
James 1:9The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position.
James 1:10 But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower.