Pride is one of the themes Scripture returns to again and again. Pride is hard to see in ourselves. Scripture treats it as one of the most dangerous things in a human heart — and humility as one of the loveliest.
People reach for these passages when they're looking up pride, proud, arrogant, arrogance, or some version of "what does the Bible say about pride?"
Among the most-cited passages on this theme are Proverbs 16:18, James 4:6, Philippians 2:3-4, 1 Peter 5:5-6, and others below. Proverbs 16:18 is the passage many readers return to first.
The page also offers a written prayer that names pride plainly and asks God for what's needed in this moment. It is not a magic formula — it is a small, faithful starting point.
A short reflection question sits at the bottom of the page: Where in your life have you been unwilling to be wrong? Sit with it for a minute, or carry it into a journal.
If this isn't quite the right doorway, try a closely related theme: Humility, Repentance, Wisdom.
Verses
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
James 4:6
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Philippians 2:3-4
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
1 Peter 5:5-6
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. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Proverbs 11:2
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Micah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Reflection
Where in your life have you been unwilling to be wrong?
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