Proverbs by theme
Pride
What goes before a fall, and what comes before honor.
- 3:34He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
- 11:2When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
- 13:10Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
- 15:25The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
- 16:5Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
- 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- 16:19It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
- 17:19He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
- 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- 20:9Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
- 21:4Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.
- 21:24Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride.
- 22:4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
- 25:6-7Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men; for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,
- 25:27It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
- 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- 27:2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.
- 27:21A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
- 28:11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
- 28:26He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
- 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- 30:12-14There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth. There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances— there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.