Quotes about Hubris
The Best and the Brightest. (One of the
- Michael Wolff
But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16
But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25
For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
- Job 15:25
Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
- Job 20:6
They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
- Job 22:17
They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
- Psalm 17:10
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
- Psalm 73:9
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 16:18
Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride.
- Proverbs 21:24
There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
- Proverbs 30:13
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
- Isaiah 5:21