Topic
Boasting
24 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Samuel 17:1–58Nave INSTANCES OF — Goliath
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by…
- 1 Kings 20:10Nave INSTANCES OF — Ben-hadad
And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
- 2 Kings 18:19Nave INSTANCES OF — Sennacherib
And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
- Psalms 49:6–9Nave SPIRITUAL
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) That he…
- Psalms 52:1Nave Of evil
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
- Psalms 94:4Nave SPIRITUAL
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
- Proverbs 20:14Nave General scriptures concerning
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
- Proverbs 25:14Nave General scriptures concerning
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
- Proverbs 27:1Nave General scriptures concerning
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
- Isaiah 10:8–15Nave INSTANCES OF — Sennacherib
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; Shall I…
- Isaiah 10:15Nave General scriptures concerning
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
- Jeremiah 9:23Nave General scriptures concerning
¶ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
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- Luke 10:17 Nave INSTANCES OF — The disciples
- Romans 1:30 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Romans 3:1–31 Nave SPIRITUAL
- Romans 11:17–21 Nave SPIRITUAL
- 1 Corinthians 1:17–31 Nave SPIRITUAL
- 1 Corinthians 4:6 Nave SPIRITUAL
- 1 Corinthians 4:7 Nave SPIRITUAL
- 2 Corinthians 10:12–18 Nave SPIRITUAL
- Ephesians 2:8 Nave SPIRITUAL
- Ephesians 2:9 Nave SPIRITUAL
- James 3:5 Nave General scriptures concerning
- James 4:16 Nave General scriptures concerning
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Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.