What the Bible says about

Boasting

24 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

““Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.”
Proverbs 20:14 BSB
“Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.”
Proverbs 25:14 BSB
“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.”
Proverbs 27:1 BSB
“Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!”
Isaiah 10:15 BSB
“This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.”
Jeremiah 9:23 BSB
“slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.”
Romans 1:30 BSB
“In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.”
James 3:5 BSB
“As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.”
James 4:16 BSB
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