100 Bible Verses about the Spirit of Pride

Here are 100 Bible verses about the spirit of pride, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

James 4:6 KJV

⁶ But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

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Proverbs 16:18 KJV

¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

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Proverbs 29:23 KJV

²³ A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

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Proverbs 16:5 KJV

⁵ Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

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Proverbs 8:13 KJV

¹³ The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

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Proverbs 11:2 KJV

² When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

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Psalm 10:4 KJV

⁴ The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

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Proverbs 21:4 KJV

⁴ An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

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Proverbs 13:10 KJV

¹⁰ Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

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Romans 12:16 KJV

¹⁶ Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

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Proverbs 18:12 KJV

¹² Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

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Proverbs 16:19 KJV

¹⁹ Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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Romans 12:2 KJV

² And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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Philippians 2:3 KJV

³ Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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Romans 12:3 KJV

³ For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

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Proverbs 16:18-19 KJV

¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. ¹⁹ Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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1 Corinthians 4:7 KJV

⁷ For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

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Proverbs 26:12 KJV

¹² Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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Psalm 138:6 KJV

⁶ Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

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1 John 2:16 KJV

¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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1 Timothy 3:6 KJV

⁶ Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

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Galatians 6:3 KJV

³ For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

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Proverbs 21:24 KJV

²⁴ Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

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Daniel 5:20 KJV

²⁰ But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

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1 Peter 5:5 KJV

⁵ Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

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Luke 18:9-14 KJV

⁹ And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: ¹⁰ Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. …

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Psalm 59:12 KJV

¹² For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

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James 4:10 KJV

¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

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Daniel 4:37 KJV

³⁷ Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

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Proverbs 14:3 KJV

³ In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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Proverbs 25:27 KJV

²⁷ It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

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Galatians 6:4 KJV

⁴ But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

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Proverbs 27:2 KJV

² Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

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1 Corinthians 13:4 KJV

⁴ Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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1 John 2:15-17 KJV

¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. ¹⁷ And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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Matthew 5:3 KJV

³ Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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Isaiah 66:2 KJV

² For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

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Leviticus 26:19 KJV

¹⁹ And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

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Isaiah 23:9 KJV

⁹ The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

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Jeremiah 9:23 KJV

²³ Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

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Ecclesiastes 7:8 KJV

⁸ Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

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James 4:7 KJV

⁷ Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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Psalm 101:5 KJV

⁵ Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

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Proverbs 28:25 KJV

²⁵ He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Isaiah 57:15 KJV

¹⁵ For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

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Isaiah 2:11 KJV

¹¹ The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

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Jeremiah 49:16 KJV

¹⁶ Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

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Job 41:34 KJV

³⁴ He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

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Proverbs 22:4 KJV

⁴ By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

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Psalm 10:3-4 KJV

³ For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. ⁴ The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

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Romans 8:7 KJV

⁷ Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

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1 Timothy 6:17 KJV

¹⁷ Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

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Mark 7:20-23 KJV

²⁰ And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. ²¹ For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²² Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: ²³ All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

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Isaiah 13:11 KJV

¹¹ And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

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2 Timothy 3:1-5 KJV

¹ This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. ² For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, ³ Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, ⁴ Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures …

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Ezekiel 28:17 KJV

¹⁷ Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

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Proverbs 15:25 KJV

²⁵ The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

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Isaiah 14:12-15 KJV

¹² How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! ¹³ For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: ¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most …

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Proverbs 15:33 KJV

³³ The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

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1 Corinthians 10:12 KJV

¹² Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

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2 Corinthians 12:7 KJV

⁷ And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

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1 Corinthians 8:2 KJV

² And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

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Matthew 23:12 KJV

¹² And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

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1 Peter 3:8 KJV

⁸ Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

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Psalm 10:2 KJV

² The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

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1 Peter 5:5-6 KJV

⁵ Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. ⁶ Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

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James 4:4 KJV

⁴ Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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Obadiah 1:3 KJV

³ The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

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Isaiah 2:12 KJV

¹² For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

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1 Chronicles 16:11 KJV

¹¹ Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

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2 Corinthians 5:12 KJV

¹² For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.

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Isaiah 16:6 KJV

⁶ We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

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Galatians 5:17 KJV

¹⁷ For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷ For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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Mark 7:21-23 KJV

²¹ For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²² Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: ²³ All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

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Jeremiah 43:2 KJV

² Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Proverbs 6:16-19 KJV

¹⁶ These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: ¹⁷ A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸ An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, ¹⁹ A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

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1 Peter 5:6 KJV

⁶ Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

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Galatians 6:1-3 KJV

¹ Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. ² Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. ³ For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

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Ephesians 4:2 KJV

² With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

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2 Corinthians 10:17-18 KJV

¹⁷ But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. ¹⁸ For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

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Obadiah 1:3-4 KJV

³ The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? ⁴ Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

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1 John 2:15 KJV

¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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James 1:9-10 KJV

⁹ Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: ¹⁰ But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

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1 Corinthians 1:28-29 KJV

²⁸ And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: ²⁹ That no flesh should glory in his presence.

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Romans 12:1-2 KJV

¹ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. ² And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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1 John 2:4 KJV

⁴ He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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1 Timothy 6:3-5 KJV

³ If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; ⁴ He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, ⁵ Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is …

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Proverbs 6:3 KJV

³ Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

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2 Chronicles 32:25-26 KJV

²⁵ But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. ²⁶ Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

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1 Corinthians 8:1 KJV

¹ Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

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Deuteronomy 8:14 KJV

¹⁴ Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

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Isaiah 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: ¹⁷ Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.

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Hebrews 11:6 KJV

⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

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Proverbs 17:19 KJV

¹⁹ He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

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Romans 8:15 KJV

¹⁵ For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

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Proverbs 3:34 KJV

³⁴ Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

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Genesis 3:5 KJV

⁵ For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

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