Pride
doctrineThe human posture of self-exaltation that sets itself against God and others.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
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Pride connects to different paths in Scripture:
Pride leads to Faith and Judgment.
Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“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.”Daniel 4:37 →
“Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?”Romans 2:4 →
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”Ephesians 2:8 →
Relationships
Anchor Scriptures 18 verses
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, 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 in context →“Thus saith the LORD, 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:”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.”
Read in context →“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”
Read in context →“I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”
Read in context →“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;”
Read in context →“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”
Read in context →“For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.”
Read in context →“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
Read in context →“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.”
Read in context →“He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.”
Read in context →“And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”
Read in context →“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.”
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