1509 verses about Pride

Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was kindled because he justified himself rather than God.

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, “I am young, and you are very old; Therefore I held back, and didn’t dare show you my opinion.

It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;’

Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

For I don’t know how to give flattering titles; or else my Maker would soon take me away.

That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,

‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’

For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”

“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’

There they cry, but no one gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.

But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance.

Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”

then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

Therefore men revere him. He doesn’t regard any who are wise of heart.”

“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

and said, ‘Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?’

Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?

When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.

“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.

Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.

He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride.”

You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.

The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.

In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”

May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”

They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

For you will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes you will bring down.

Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.

As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints! Yahweh preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.

Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.

Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”

Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.

Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—

Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.

This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.

for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—

I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.

“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

But you, Yahweh, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.

Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.

Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.

Let them be turned because of their shame Who say, “Aha! Aha!”

But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.

Don’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.”

For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.

But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.

You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.

He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God, now?”