Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'proud' occurs 67 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'proud' in the standard works and contain 9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Prov. 21:24 (2 in 1 verse)


Job 40:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

 40:12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.




Jer. 50:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 42 9 51
NT 6 0 6
BM 13 1 14
DC 5 0 5
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 67 10 77

Ex. 18:11
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

1 Sam. 2:3
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

Neh. 9:10
And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

Neh. 9:16
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

Neh. 9:29
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

Job 9:13
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

Job 26:12
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Job 40:11
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

Job 40:12
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

Ps. 12:3
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Ps. 17:10
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

Ps. 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Ps. 31:23
O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

Ps. 40:4
Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Ps. 86:14
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

Ps. 94:2
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

Ps. 101:5
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

Ps. 119:21
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

Ps. 119:51
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

Ps. 119:69
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Ps. 119:78
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

Ps. 119:85
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

Ps. 119:122
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

Ps. 123:4
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

Ps. 124:5
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

Ps. 138:6
Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Ps. 140:5
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Prov. 6:17
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Prov. 15:25
The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

Prov. 16:5
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Prov. 16:19
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Prov. 21:4
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

Prov. 21:24
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

Prov. 28:25
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.

Eccl. 7:8
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Isa. 2:12
For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

Isa. 3:5
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

Isa. 13:11
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

Isa. 16:6
We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

Jer. 13:15
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken.

Jer. 43:2
Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:

Jer. 48:29
We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

Jer. 50:29
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

Jer. 50:31
Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.

Jer. 50:32
And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.

Obad. 1:12
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

Hab. 2:5
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

Mal. 3:15
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

Mal. 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

Luke 1:51
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Rom. 1:30
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

1 Tim. 6:4
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

2 Tim. 3:2
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

James 4:6
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

1 Pet. 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

1 Ne. 22:15
For behold, saith the prophet, the time cometh speedily that Satan shall have no more power over the hearts of the children of men; for the day soon cometh that all the proud and they who do wickedly shall be as stubble; and the day cometh that they must be burned.

2 Ne. 12:12
For the day of the Lord of Hosts soon cometh upon all nations, yea, upon every one; yea, upon the proud and lofty, and upon every one who is lifted up, and he shall be brought low.

2 Ne. 13:5
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor; the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honorable.

2 Ne. 23:11
And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay down the haughtiness of the terrible.

2 Ne. 23:15
Every one that is proud shall be thrust through; yea, and every one that is joined to the wicked shall fall by the sword.

2 Ne. 26:4
Wherefore, all those who are proud, and that do wickedly, the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, for they shall be as stubble.

Jacob 2:20
And now, my brethren, I have spoken unto you concerning pride; and those of you which have afflicted your neighbor, and persecuted him because ye were proud in your hearts, of the things which God hath given you, what say ye of it?

Alma 1:20
Yea, they did persecute them, and afflict them with all manner of words, and this because of their humility; because they were not proud in their own eyes, and because they did impart the word of God, one with another, without money and without price.

Alma 1:22
Nevertheless, there were many among them who began to be proud, and began to contend warmly with their adversaries, even unto blows; yea, they would smite one another with their fists.

Alma 4:6
And it came to pass in the eighth year of the reign of the judges, that the people of the church began to wax proud, because of their exceeding riches, and their fine silks, and their fine-twined linen, and because of their many flocks and herds, and their gold and their silver, and all manner of precious things, which they had obtained by their industry; and in all these things were they lifted up in the pride of their eyes, for they began to wear very costly apparel.

Alma 45:24
But they grew proud, being lifted up in their hearts, because of their exceedingly great riches; therefore they grew rich in their own eyes, and would not give heed to their words, to walk uprightly before God.

3 Ne. 24:15
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

3 Ne. 25:1
For behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

4 Ne. 1:43
And also the people who were called the people of Nephi began to be proud in their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, and become vain like unto their brethren, the Lamanites.

D&C 29:9
For the hour is nigh and the day soon at hand when the earth is ripe; and all the proud and they that do wickedly shall be as stubble; and I will burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that wickedness shall not be upon the earth;

D&C 42:40
And again, thou shalt not be proud in thy heart; let all thy garments be plain, and their beauty the beauty of the work of thine own hands;

D&C 64:24
For after today cometh the burning-- this is speaking after the manner of the Lord-- for verily I say, tomorrow all the proud and they that do wickedly shall be as stubble; and I will burn them up, for I am the Lord of Hosts; and I will not spare any that remain in Babylon.

D&C 84:112
And the bishop, Newel K. Whitney, also should travel round about and among all the churches, searching after the poor to administer to their wants by humbling the rich and the proud.

D&C 133:64
And also that which was written by the prophet Malachi: For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

JS-H 1:37
For behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly shall burn as stubble; for they that come shall burn them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.