Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  8000 The life of the believer  »  8700 Threats to the life of faith  »  8802 pride  »  8804 pride, examples of

Scripture illustrates the many different ways in which pride manifests itself.

Pride in status

Exodus 5:2 Pharaoh; 2 Kings 5:11 Naaman

Hezekiah:

2 Kings 20:13; 2 Chronicles 32:25 Esther 5:11-12 Haman

Moab:

Isaiah 16:6; Jeremiah 48:29 Isaiah 47:8 Babylon; Ezekiel 16:49-50 Sodom; Ezekiel 28:2 the king of Tyre

Assyria:

Ezekiel 31:3,10 Daniel 5:23 Belshazzar; Ob 3 Edom; Zephaniah 2:15 Nineveh

Teachers of the law and Pharisees:

Matthew 23:6-7 pp Mark 12:38-39 pp Luke 20:46; Luke 11:43 Acts 8:9 Simon the sorcerer; Revelation 18:7 Babylon the Great

Pride in strength

1 Samuel 17:42 Goliath; 2 Kings 14:9-10 Amaziah, king of Judah; 2 Kings 18:33-35 the Assyrian commander

Israel:

Isaiah 9:9-10; Hosea 10:13 Isaiah 10:13 the king of Assyria

Nebuchadnezzar:

Daniel 3:15; Daniel 4:30

Peter:

Matthew 26:33-35 pp Mark 14:29-31 pp Luke 22:33; John 13:37

Pride in wisdom

Isaiah 10:13 the king of Assyria; Acts 17:21; Romans 1:22; 1 Corinthians 1:20; Corinthians 3:18

Proud ambition

Isaiah 14:13-14 the king of Babylon; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 the antichrist

Spiritual pride

2 Kings 10:16; Job 32:1; Job 33:9; Isaiah 65:5; Matthew 6:2,3,16

Teachers of the law and Pharisees:

Matthew 23:5,30; Mark 12:40 pp Luke 20:47; Luke 16:14-15; Luke 18:9,11-12; John 9:40-41 Luke 10:29 an expert in the law

Some Jews:

John 8:33; John 9:34; Romans 2:17-20 1 Corinthians 4:7,18; Revelation 3:17 the church in Laodicea

See also

5554  status
5785  ambition
5813  conceit
5915  ornaments
5920  pretence
5956  strength, human
6121  boasting
8820  self-confidence