"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!" - Isaiah 14:12
THE FIVE BOASTFUL "I WILLS" OF SATAN
1) I will ascend into heaven.
2) I will exalt my throne above the stars of God.
3) I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north.
4) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds.
5) I will belike the most High.
- Isaiah 14:13
LOVE DOES NOT ENVY OR BOAST
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant."
- 1 Corinthians 13:4
THE WICKED BOASTS OF THE DESIRES OF HIS SOUL
"For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD."
- Psalm 10:3
ON THE DAY OF OUR LORD JESUS YOU WILL BOAST
"Just as you did partially understand us—that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you."
- 2 Corinthians 1:14
LET NOT THE WISE MAN BOAST IN HIS WISDOM
Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches."
- Jeremiah 9:23
LET HIM THAT BOASTS BOAST OF THIS
"But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.”
- Jeremiah 9:24
MY SOUL MAKES ITS BOAST IN THE LORD
"My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad."
- Psalm 34:2
HE WHO BOASTS OF HIMSELF
"You are not mature if you have a high esteem of yourself. He who boasts in himself is but a babe in Christ, if indeed he be in Christ at all. Young Christians may think much of themselves. Growing Christians think themselves nothing. Mature Christians know that they are less than nothing. The more holy we are, the more we mourn our infirmities, and the humbler is our estimate of ourselves."
- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher
THE BOASTFUL SHALL NOT STAND BEFORE YOUR EYES
"The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers."
- Psalm 5:5
GIVES ME NO GROUNDS FOR BOASTING
"For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!"
- 1 Corinthians 9:16
HE THAT BOASTS OF BEING ONE OF GOD'S ELECT
"He that boasts of being one of God's elect, while he is willfully and habitually living in sin, is only deceiving himself, and talking wicked blasphemy."
- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop
I WILL BOAST ALL THE MORE GLADLY OF MY WEAKNESS
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
- 2 Corinthians 12:9
IN GOD WE HAVE BOASTED CONTINUALLY
"In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah"
- Psalm 44:8
HOW MANY COVET THAT THEY MAY BOAST
"How many covet that they may boast? How many desire more glory for their flesh?"
- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader
SPEAKING LOUD BOASTS OF FOLLY
"For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error."
- 2 Peter 2:18
NOR HAVE WE ANY RIGHT TO BOAST
"When we look at the ungodly, we are not to hate them - but to pity them, mourn over them, and pray for them. Nor have we any right to boast over them; for, by nature, and of ourselves, we are no better than they."
- John Newton (1725-1790) Slave Trader Captain Turned Christian
DO NOT BOAST IN THE DAY OF DISTRESS
"But do not gloat over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; do not boast in the day of distress."
- Obadiah 1:12
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