Judges 7:2   (Read all of Judges 7)

The Lord said to Gideon, "You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, 'My own strength has saved me.'

1 Samuel 2:1   (Read all of 1 Samuel 2)

Then Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the Lord; in the Lord my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance.

1 Kings 20:11   (Read all of 1 Kings 20)

The king of Israel answered, "Tell him: 'One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.' "

Esther 5:11   (Read all of Esther 5)

Haman boasted to them about his vast wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials.

Psalm 10:3   (Read all of Psalm 10)

He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.

Psalm 12:3   (Read all of Psalm 12)

May the Lord silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue-

Psalm 44:8   (Read all of Psalm 44)

In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever.

Psalm 49:6   (Read all of Psalm 49)

those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches?

Psalm 52:1   (Read all of Psalm 52)

Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?

Psalm 75:4   (Read all of Psalm 75)

To the arrogant I say, 'Boast no more,' and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up your horns.

Psalm 94:4   (Read all of Psalm 94)

They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.

Psalm 97:7   (Read all of Psalm 97)

All who worship images are put to shame, those who boast in idols- worship him, all you gods!

Proverbs 20:14   (Read all of Proverbs 20)

"It's no good, it's no good!" says the buyer- then goes off and boasts about the purchase.

Proverbs 25:14   (Read all of Proverbs 25)

Like clouds and wind without rain is one who boasts of gifts never given.

Proverbs 27:1   (Read all of Proverbs 27)

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

Isaiah 10:15   (Read all of Isaiah 10)

Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it, or the saw boast against the one who uses it? As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is not wood!

Isaiah 16:6   (Read all of Isaiah 16)

We have heard of Moab's pride- how great is her arrogance!- of her conceit, her pride and her insolence; but her boasts are empty.

Isaiah 20:5   (Read all of Isaiah 20)

Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be dismayed and put to shame.

Isaiah 28:15   (Read all of Isaiah 28)

You boast, "We have entered into a covenant with death, with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement. When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by, it cannot touch us, for we have made a lie our refuge and falsehood our hiding place."

Isaiah 45:25   (Read all of Isaiah 45)

But all the descendants of Israel will find deliverance in the Lordand will make their boast in him.

Isaiah 61:6   (Read all of Isaiah 61)

And you will be called priests of the Lord, you will be named ministers of our God. You will feed on the wealth of nations, and in their riches you will boast.

Jeremiah 4:2   (Read all of Jeremiah 4)

and if in a truthful, just and righteous way you swear, 'As surely as the Lord lives,' then the nations will invoke blessings by him and in him they will boast."

Jeremiah 9:23   (Read all of Jeremiah 9)

This is what the Lord says: "Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches,

Jeremiah 9:24   (Read all of Jeremiah 9)

but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the Lord.