Bible Verses about 'Boast'

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• “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” For it is not those who commend themselves that are approved but those whom the Lord commends.
  2 Corinthians 10:17-18 reliability pride
• For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— not the result of works, so that no one may boast.
  Ephesians 2:8-9 grace faith salvation
• May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.
  Galatians 6:14 crucifixion world
• God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to abolish things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God.
  1 Corinthians 1:28-29 humility calling world
• But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
  2 Corinthians 12:9 grace strength weakness
• If I give away all my possessions and if I hand over my body so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.
  1 Corinthians 13:3 love suffering giving
• Let the brother or sister of humble means boast in having a high position and the rich in having been humbled, because the rich will disappear like a flower in the field.
  James 1:9-10 pride humility money
• Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5 love patience anger
• Some take pride in chariots and some in horses,
  but our pride is in the name of the Lord our God.
  Psalm 20:7 trust idols spiritual warfare
• And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.
  Romans 5:3-4 suffering hope joy
• For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.
  1 John 2:16 desires addiction pride