King James Bible Dictionary

General references
Exodus 18:10-11; Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy 8:11-14; Deuteronomy 8:17-20; Judges 9:14-15; 1 Samuel 2:3-5; 1 Kings 20:11; 2 Kings 14:9-10; 2 Chronicles 25:18-19; Job 11:12; Job 12:2-3; Job 13:2; Job 13:5; Job 15:1-13; Job 18:3-4; Job 21:31-32; Job 32:9-13; Job 37:24; Psalms 9:20; Psalms 10:2-6; Psalms 10:11; Psalms 12:3-4; Psalms 18:27; Psalms 31:23; Psalms 49:11; Psalms 52:7; Psalms 73:6; Psalms 73:8-9; Psalms 75:4-6; Psalms 101:5; Psalms 119:21; Psalms 119:69-70; Psalms 119:78; Psalms 138:6; Proverbs 3:34; Proverbs 6:16-17; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 10:17; Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 11:12; Proverbs 12:9; Proverbs 12:15; Proverbs 13:10; Proverbs 14:21; Proverbs 15:5; Proverbs 15:10; Proverbs 15:12; Proverbs 15:25; Proverbs 15:32; Proverbs 16:5; Proverbs 16:18-19; Proverbs 17:19; Proverbs 18:11-12; Proverbs 20:6; Proverbs 21:4; Proverbs 21:24; Proverbs 25:14; Proverbs 25:27; Proverbs 26:5; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 26:16; Proverbs 27:2; Proverbs 28:11; Proverbs 28:25; Proverbs 29:8; Proverbs 29:23; Proverbs 30:12-13; Isaiah 2:11-17; Isaiah 3:16-26; Isaiah 5:8; Isaiah 5:15; Isaiah 9:9-10; Isaiah 10:5-16; Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 14:12-16; Isaiah 22:16; Isaiah 22:19; Isaiah 23:7; Isaiah 23:9; Isaiah 24:4; Isaiah 24:21; Isaiah 26:5; Isaiah 28:3; Isaiah 47:7-10; Jeremiah 9:23-24; Jeremiah 13:9; Jeremiah 13:15; Jeremiah 13:17; Jeremiah 48:7; Jeremiah 48:14-15; Jeremiah 48:29; Isaiah 16:6-7; Jeremiah 49:4; Jeremiah 49:16; Jeremiah 50:31-32; Ezekiel 16:56; Ezekiel 28:2-9; Ezekiel 28:17; Ezekiel 30:6; Ezekiel 31:10-14; Daniel 4:37; Daniel 11:45; Hosea 5:5; Hosea 7:10; Hosea 10:11; Obadiah 1:3-4; Nahum 3:19; Habakkuk 2:4-5; Habakkuk 2:9; Zephaniah 2:10; Zephaniah 2:15; Zephaniah 3:11; Malachi 4:1; Matthew 23:6-7; Matthew 23:10-12; Matthew 20:26-27; Mark 10:43; Luke 9:46; Luke 18:14; Mark 7:21-22; Mark 12:38-39; Luke 20:45-47; Luke 1:51-52; Luke 11:43; Luke 14:8-9; Romans 1:22; Romans 1:29-30; Romans 11:17-21; Romans 11:25; Romans 12:3; Romans 12:16; 1 Corinthians 1:29; 1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 4:6-8; 1 Corinthians 4:10; 1 Corinthians 5:2; 1 Corinthians 5:6; 1 Corinthians 8:1-2; 1 Corinthians 10:12; 1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Corinthians 14:38; 2 Corinthians 10:5; 2 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 10:18; 2 Corinthians 12:7; Galatians 6:3; Ephesians 4:17; Philippians 2:3; 1 Timothy 2:9; 1 Timothy 3:6; 1 Timothy 6:3-4; 1 Timothy 6:17; 2 Timothy 3:2; 2 Timothy 3:4; James 3:1; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Peter 5:5; 1 John 2:16; Revelation 3:17-18; Revelation 18:7-8
Rich, The; Ambition

Instances of:

Ahithophel
2 Samuel 17:23

Naaman, refusing to wash in Jordan
2 Kings 5:11-13

Hezekiah, in displaying his resources
2 Kings 20:13; 2 Chronicles 32:31; Isaiah 39:2

Uzziah
2 Chronicles 26:16-19

Haman
Esther 3:5; Esther 5:11; Esther 5:13; Esther 6:6; Esther 7:10

Kings of Tyre
Ezekiel 28:2

Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel 4:30-34; Daniel 5:20

PRIDE, noun

1. Inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, accomplishments, rank or elevation in office, which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.

Martial pride looks down on industry.

PRIDE goeth before destruction. Proverbs 16:18.

PRIDE that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.

All pride is abject and mean.

Those that walk in pride he is able to abase. Daniel 4:37.

2. Insolence; rude treatment of others; insolent exultation.

That hardly we escap'd the pride of France.

3. Generous elation of heart; a noble self-esteem springing from a consciousness of worth.

The honest pride of conscious virtue.

4. Elevation; loftiness.

A falcon tow'ring in her pride of place.

5. Decoration; ornament; beauty displayed.

Whose lofty trees, clad with summer's pride

Be his this sword

Whose ivory sheath, inwrought with curious pride

Adds graceful terror to the wearer's side.

6. Splendid show; ostentation.

Is this array, the war of either side

Through Athens pass'd with military pride

7. That of which men are proud; that which excites boasting.

I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. Zechariah 9:6. Zephaniah 3:11.

8. Excitement of the sexual appetite in a female beast.

9. Proud persons. Psalms 36:11.

PRIDE, verb transitive With the reciprocal pronoun, to pride one's self, to indulge pride; to take pride; to value one's self; to gratify self-esteem. They pride themselves in their wealth, dress or equipage. He prides himself in his achievements.

PRI'DEFUL, adjective Full of pride; insolent; scornful.

PRI'DELESS, adjective Destitute of pride; without pride.