Negatively, conceitedly praising oneself. Positively, trusting and exulting in who God is, and what he has done.

1 John 2:16

Boasting condemned

See also

Psalms 10:2-6; 12:3-4; 52:1; 94:4
Habakkuk 1:10-11
Romans 1:29-30
2 Timothy 3:1-2
Proverbs 27:1

Boasting exposed as folly

See also

Judges 9:38-40
Proverbs 25:14
1 Corinthians 3:18-23
James 4:13-16
Ephesians 2:8-9

Salvation by faith means no-one can boast about human merit

See also

Luke 18:9-14
Romans 2:17-24; 3:27; 11:17-21
Galatians 6:14
Isaiah 10:12-14

Examples of foolish boasting

See also

Isaiah 37:24-25
Daniel 4:28-30
Daniel 7:8,11; 11:36
Acts 8:9-10

Nebuchadnezzar

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4

Simon the sorcerer

2 Peter 2:17-18

the antichrist

Jeremiah 9:23-24

Legitimate boasting

See also

Boasting in God

1 Samuel 2:1-3
Psalms 34:2; 44:8
1 Corinthians 1:27-31
Jeremiah 9:24
2 Corinthians 10:7-18
Hebrews 3:6
1 Thessalonians 2:19-20

See also

Boasting in the results of ministry

Romans 15:17-19
1 Corinthians 15:31
2 Corinthians 8:24-9:3
2 Corinthians 1:12-14

See also

Boasting in the conduct of ministry

1 Corinthians 9:15
2 Corinthians 11:7-12
2 Timothy 3:10-11

See also

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5551 spinning & weaving
5576 tax collectors
5793 arrogance
5813 conceit
5813 conceit
5961 superiority
8710 atheism
8802 pride
8825 self-righteousness & gospel
9115 antichrist, the