What does the Bible say about pride?

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• Proverbs 11:2

  When pride comes, then comes shame, But with humility comes wisdom.

• Proverbs 29:23

  A man's pride brings him low, But one of lowly spirit gains honor.

• Proverbs 8:13

  The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

• Proverbs 16:18

  Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

• James 4:6

  But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

• Romans 12:16

  Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.

• Proverbs 16:5

  Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: They shall assuredly not be unpunished.

• 1 John 2:16

  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.

• Proverbs 18:12

  Before destruction the heart of man is proud, But before honor is humility.

• Philippians 2:3

  doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

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