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Bible Verses About Proud of Someone
Find Bible verses about proud of someone — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about proud of someone?
The Bible addresses proud of someone with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
1 Corinthians 13:4
“Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,”
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Psalms 138:6
“For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.”
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James 4:6
“But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."”
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Daniel 4:37
“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.”
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Malachi 4:1
“"For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up," says Yahweh of Armies, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.”
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Proverbs 18:12
“Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.”
Proverbs 16:19
“It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.”
Ecclesiastes 7:8
“Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”
Proverbs 16:5
“Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.”
Job 38:11
“and said, 'Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'”
John 9:32
“Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.”
Hebrews 3:4
“For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.”
Luke 1:51
“He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.”
Isaiah 2:12
“For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:”
Psalms 119:69
“The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.”
Also Read
Psalms 40:4 — “Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside...”
Proverbs 21:24 — “The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride....”
Proverbs 15:25 — “Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow's borders intact....”
Job 28:8 — “The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there....”
Acts 8:31 — “He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him...”
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