Pride, examples of

Scripture illustrates the many different ways in which pride manifests itself.

Pride in status

Exodus 5:2 Pharaoh; 2 Kings 5:11 Naaman; 2 Kings 20:13; 2 Chronicles 32:25; Esther 5:11–12 Haman; Isaiah 16:6; Jeremiah 48:29; Isaiah 47:8 Babylon; Ezekiel 16:49–50 Sodom; Ezekiel 28:2 the king of Tyre; Ezekiel 31:3, Ezekiel 31:10; Daniel 5:23 Belshazzar; Obadiah 1:3 Edom; Zephaniah 2:15 Nineveh; Matthew 23:6–7 parallels Mark 12:38–39, Luke 20:46; Luke 11:43; Acts 8:9 Simon the sorcerer; Revelation 18:7 Babylon the Great

Pride in strength

1 Samuel 17:42 Goliath; 2 Kings 14:9–10 Amaziah, king of Judah; 2 Kings 18:33–35 the Assyrian commander; Isaiah 9:9–10; Hosea 10:13; Isaiah 10:13 the king of Assyria; Daniel 3:15, Daniel 4:30; Matthew 26:33–35 parallels Mark 14:29–31, Luke 22:33; John 13:37

Pride in wisdom

Isaiah 10:13 the king of Assyria; Acts 17:21; Romans 1:22; 1 Corinthians 1:20, 1 Corinthians 3:18

Proud ambition

Isaiah 14:13–14 the king of Babylon; 2 Thessalonians 2:3–4 the antichrist

Spiritual pride

2 Kings 10:16; Job 32:1, Job 33:9; Isaiah 65:5; Matthew 6:2, Matthew 6:3, Matthew 6:16; Matthew 23:5, Matthew 23:30; Mark 12:40 parallel Luke 20:47; Luke 16:14–15, Luke 18:9, Luke 18:11–12; John 9:40–41; Luke 10:29 an expert in the law; John 8:33, John 9:34; Romans 2:17–20; 1 Corinthians 4:7, 1 Corinthians 4:18; Revelation 3:17 the church in Laodicea