Matthew 23:1-12 “And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”

Luke 1:51 “He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.”

18:9-14 “. . . every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”

James 4:6 “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”

1st Peter 5:5 “Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”

Daniel 4:1-37 “Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.”

Ezekiel 21:24-27 “. . . exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.” (Where do you want to be found?)

Proud Talk:

1st Samuel 2:3 “Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.”

Psalm 17:10 “They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.”

12:3 “The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things. . . .”

Matthew 12:37 “For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”

Proud Heart:

Matthew 12:34 “. . . out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”

1st Samuel 16:7 “. . . man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.”

Proverbs 16:5 “Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.” (You can’t fix the problem by just making your words right.)

Psalm 138:6 “Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.”

Proud Spirit:

Ecclesiastes 7:8 “. . . the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”

Proverbs 16:19 “Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.”

Nehemiah 9:13-29 “But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, . . . and would not hear.” (Pride will cause a hearing problem!)

Matthew 18:4 “Whosoever . . . shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”

1st Corinthians 14:20 “. . . in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.”

Proud Looks:

Psalm 101:5 “. . . him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.”

Philippians 4:12 “I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.”

Proverbs 15:25 “The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.”

Job 26:12 “He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.”

Matthew 19:30 “But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.”

In The Last Days:

2nd Timothy 3:1-5 “For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, . . . highminded. . . .”

Psalm 94:2 “Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.”

“I’m a genius.” “I’m special!” “I’m amazing!” “I’m a maintenance engineer.”

Isaiah 3:5 “And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.”

13:11 “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.”

Job 40:12 “Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.”

Isaiah 2:12 “For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low. . . .”

Malachi 4:1 “For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.”