22 Revealing Bible Verses About Narcissism

According to Wikipedia Narcissism is the pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one’s idealized self image and attributes. This includes self-flattery, perfectionism, and arrogance. The term originated from Greek mythology, where the young Narcissus fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water. Anyway you look at it, it is definitely not a good trait to have. Here is what the Bible says about narcissism!

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You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments.

- Psalm 119:21

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Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!

- Isaiah 5:21

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Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

- 1 Corinthians 3:18

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Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

- Proverbs 26:12

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O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.

- Psalm 131:1

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Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.

- Proverbs 18:12

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If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.

- Proverbs 30:32

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But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

- James 4:6

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Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

- Proverbs 27:2

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The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

- Proverbs 10:8

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Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.

- Romans 12:16

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Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

- Proverbs 16:18

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For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?

- 1 Corinthians 4:7

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One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.

- Proverbs 29:23

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For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.

- Psalm 138:6

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Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.

- Psalm 101:5

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Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

- 1 Samuel 2:3

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Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand.

- Job 40:12

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Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the LORD; be assured, he will not go unpunished.

- Proverbs 16:5

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Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.

- Proverbs 21:4

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Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

- Philippians 2:3

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Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

- 1 Corinthians 13:4

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