Spiritual Warfare on How to Overcome Pride.

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Spiritual Warfare Scriptures on How to Overcome Pride.

Proverbs 16:18-20 (NIV)
¹⁸Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
¹⁹Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.
²⁰Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

Proverbs 28:25-26 (NIV)
²⁵A greedy man stirs up dissension, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
²⁶He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

Matthew 18:2-4 (NIV)
²He called a little child and had him stand among them.
³And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
⁴Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Spiritual Warfare Scriptures on How to Overcome Pride.

James 4:6-7 (NIV)
⁶But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
⁷Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4:10 (NIV)
¹⁰Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Matthew 20:26-27 (NIV)
²⁶Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
²⁷and whoever wants to be first must be your slave--

1 Peter 5:5-6 (NIV)
⁵Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
⁶Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

Spiritual Warfare Scriptures on How to Overcome Pride.

Jeremiah 13:15-17 (NIV)
¹⁵Hear and pay attention, do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
¹⁶Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to thick darkness and change it to deep gloom.
¹⁷But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly, overflowing with tears, because the LORD's flock will be taken captive.

Matthew 11:29-30 (NIV)
²⁹Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
³⁰For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

Proverbs 15:33 (NIV)
³³The fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

Mark 10:44 (NIV)
⁴⁴and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.

2 Corinthians 4:7 (NIV)
⁷But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

Spiritual Warfare Scriptures on How to Overcome Pride.

2 Corinthians 10:17-18 (NIV)
¹⁷But, "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."
¹⁸For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

Proverbs 22:4 (NIV)
⁴Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life.

Proverbs 27:1-2 (NIV)
¹Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
²Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 29:23 (NIV)
²³A man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.

Proverbs 18:12 (NIV)
¹²Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Spiritual Warfare Scriptures on How to Overcome Pride.

Ecclesiastes 4:13 (NIV)
¹³Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning.

1 Timothy 3:6-7 (NIV)
⁶He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.
⁷He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap.

Matthew 23:11-12 (NIV)
¹¹The greatest among you will be your servant.
¹²For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Luke 18:11-14 (NIV)
¹¹The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men--robbers, evildoers, adulterers--or even like this tax collector.
¹²I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'
¹³"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'
¹⁴"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Psalms 138:6 (NIV)
⁶Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.