7 Bible Verses about Proud Hearts

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Jeremiah 48:29

We heard the pride of Moab; he was greatly lifted up; his haughtiness and his pride, and his lifting up, and the elation of his heart

Jeremiah 49:16

Thy terror deceived thee, the pride of thy heart, thou dwelling in the asylums of the rock, holding the height of the hill: if thou shalt make thy nest high as the eagle, from thence will I bring thee down, says Jehovah.

Ezekiel 28:2-17

Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart was lifted up, and thou wilt say, I am God, I sat upon the seat of God in the heart of the seas; and thou art man and not God, and thou wilt give thy heart as the heart of God. Behold thee wise above Daniel; not any thing hidden was hidden to thee: With thy wisdom and with thy understanding thou madest to thee wealth, and thou wilt make gold and silver in thy treasures.read more.
By the multitude of thy wisdom, by thy traffic thou didst multiply thy wealth, and thine heart will be lifted up in thy wealth. For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy giving thy heart as the heart of God; For this, behold me bringing strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they emptied out their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they profaned thy splendor. They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou didst die the deaths of the wounded in the heart of the seas. Saying, wilt thou say, I am God, before him slaying thee? and thou art man and not God, in the hand of him wounding thee. Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I spake, says the Lord Jehovah. And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying, Son of man, lift up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Thou didst seal up the measure full of wisdom and complete of beauty. Thou wert in Eden the garden of God: every precious stone thy covering, the ruby, the topaz, the onyx, the chrysolite, the sardonyx and the jasper, the sapphire, the carbuncle and the emerald, and gold: the work of thy drums and thy pipes were prepared in thee in the day of thy being created. Thou the cherub of expansion covering; and I gave thee: thou wert in the holy mountain of God; thou walkedst about in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou shalt be perfected in thy ways from the day of thy being created even till iniquity was found in thee. In the multitude of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou wilt sin: and I shall profane thee from the mountain of God, and destroying thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine heart was lifted up with thy beauty, thou didst corrupt thy wisdom on account of thy splendor: I cast thee upon the earth, I gave thee before kings to look upon thee.

Revelation 18:7

As much as she glorified herself, and led an insolent life, give her so much torture and grief: for in her heart she says, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and I should see no grief.

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Psalm 119:69-70

The proud devised falsehood against me: I will watch thy charges with all the heart. Their heart was fat as fatness; I delighted in thy law.

Obadiah 1:1-3

The vision of Obadiah. Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Edom: We heard a report from Jehovah, a messenger was sent among the nations; arise ye, and we will rise up against her for war. Behold, I gave thee small among the nations: thou being greatly despised. The pride of thy heart deceived thee, dwelling in the refuges of the rock, the height his seat; he said in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the earth?

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Psalm 119:69-70

The proud devised falsehood against me: I will watch thy charges with all the heart. Their heart was fat as fatness; I delighted in thy law.

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