Pride is viewed as a great evil because it involves pretending to a greatness and glory that belong rightly to God alone.

1 Samuel 15:23

The sinfulness of pride

Proverbs 21:4

It is condemned as evil

James 4:16

See also

Mark 7:22-23
Romans 1:29-30
2 Corinthians 12:20
2 Timothy 3:1-2
1 John 2:16
Ezekiel 28:2
1 Timothy 3:6

It is a characteristic of Satan

See also

2 Thessalonians 2:4

the antichrist

Proverbs 16:5,18

Warnings against pride

See also

In the book of Proverbs

Proverbs 3:7,34; 6:16-17; 11:2; 25:6-7,27; 26:12; 27:1; 29:23
Psalms 119:21

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Elsewhere in Scripture

Leviticus 26:19
1 Samuel 2:3
Psalms 12:2-3

Proud talk:

Jeremiah 9:23-24
Psalms 5:5; 40:4; 138:6
Isaiah 5:21
Jeremiah 13:15-17
Matthew 23:12
Romans 12:16

pp Lk 14:11

1 Corinthians 10:12

Jesus Christ's teaching on pride

1 Peter 5:5
James 4:6

God opposes the proud:

Proverbs 3:34
Romans 3:27

The gospel excludes pride

See also

Luke 18:9-14
Romans 4:2-3; 11:17-20
1 Corinthians 1:26-31
Ephesians 2:8-9
Proverbs 8:13

Godliness involves rejecting pride

See also

Psalms 101:5; 131:1
Romans 12:3
1 Corinthians 13:4
Galatians 6:14

See also

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