87 verses contain “Boas” (in the KJV: 44, in the BSB: 77) — showing 1–87
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Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy
excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt
tread upon their high places.
Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you
boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall
trample their high places.”
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not
arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are
weighed.
Do not
boast so proudly, or let
arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are
weighed.
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his
harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his
armor should not
boast like one taking it off.’”
Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast
smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to
boast:
abide now at home; why shouldest thou
meddle to thine
hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated
Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and
boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you
stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
The
foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
The
boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You
hate all workers of iniquity.
For the wicked
boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the
covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
For the wicked man
boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the
greedy and reviles the LORD.
The LORD shall cut off all
flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
My soul shall make her
boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be
glad.
In God we
boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.
Selah.
They that trust in their wealth, and
boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
They trust in their wealth and
boast in their great riches.
Why
boastest thou
thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
Why do you
boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
I said unto the fools, Deal not
foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
I say to the proud, ‘Do not
boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity
boast themselves?
Confounded be all they that serve
graven images, that
boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who
boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!
It is
naught, it is
naught, saith the
buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he
boasteth.
“Worthless, worthless!” says the
buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
Do not
boast about
tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
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.
Does an
axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw
boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his
haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
And they shall be afraid and
ashamed of
Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Those who made
Cush their hope and Egypt their
boast will be dismayed and
ashamed.
But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye
boast yourselves.
But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will
boast in their riches.
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:
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man
boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
But let him who
boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters
churn like rivers,
boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’
I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O
backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
Why do you
boast of your valleys— your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’
Thus with your mouth ye have
boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
You
boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have
rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
But you should not
gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor
rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor
boast proudly in the day of their distress.
For before these days rose up Theudas,
boasting himself to be
somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to
nought.
Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be
somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were
dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
Backbiters, haters of God,
despiteful, proud,
boasters, inventors of evil things,
disobedient to parents,
Behold, thou art called a
Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy
boast of God,
Thou that makest thy
boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
You who
boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
Where is
boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works?
Nay: but by the law of faith.
Where, then, is
boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath
whereof to glory; but not before God.
If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to
boast about, but not before God.
Boast not against the branches. But if thou
boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
do not
boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
That no flesh should glory in his presence.
so that no one may
boast in His presence.
That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who
boasts boast in the Lord.”
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
Therefore, stop
boasting in men. All things are yours,
For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou
didst not receive? now if thou
didst receive it, why
dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you
boast as though you did not?
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little
leaven leaveneth the whole
lump?
But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let
anyone nullify my
boast.
For though I
preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me;
yea,
woe is unto me, if I
preach not the gospel!
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not
puffed up,
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not
envy, it does not
boast, it is not proud.
I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I
boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
For our
rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly
sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
And this is our
boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the
holiness and
sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your
rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
as you have already understood us in part, so that you may
boast of us just as we will
boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.
For if I have
boasted any thing to him of you, I am not
ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our
boasting, which I made before
Titus, is found a truth.
Indeed, I was not
embarrassed by anything I had
boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our
boasting to
Titus has proved to be true as well.
Wherefore
shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our
boasting on your behalf.
In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our
boasting about you.
For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I
boast of you to them of
Macedonia, that
Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath
provoked very many.
For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been
boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in
Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has
stirred most of them to do likewise.
Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our
boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
But I am sending the brothers in order that our
boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be
ashamed of having been so
confident.
For though I should
boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for
edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be
ashamed:
For even if I
boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than
tearing you down, I will not be
ashamed.
But we will not
boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
We, however, will not
boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
Not
boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
Neither do we
boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
To
preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to
boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.
so that we can
preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be
boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.
But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Rather, “Let him who
boasts boast in the Lord.”
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this
boasting in the regions of
Achaia.
As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this
boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of
Achaia.
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they
boast.
I say again, Let no man think me a
fool; if otherwise, yet as a
fool receive me, that I may
boast myself a little.
I
repeat: Let no one take me for a
fool. But if you do, then receive me as a
fool, so that I too may
boast a little.
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were
foolishly, in this confidence of
boasting.
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
Since many are
boasting according to the flesh, I too will
boast.
I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak.
Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak
foolishly,) I am bold also.
If I must
boast, I will
boast of the things that show my weakness.
It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
I must go on
boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine
infirmities.
I will
boast about such a man, but I will not
boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a
fool; for I will say the truth: but now I
forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he
seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
Even if I wanted to
boast, I would not be a
fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I
refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most
gladly therefore will I rather glory in my
infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will
boast all the more
gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have
rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to
boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.
For neither they themselves who are
circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you
circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
But God
forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is
crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
But as for me, may I never
boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been
crucified to me, and I to the world.
Not of works, lest any man should
boast.
not by works, so that no one can
boast.
Holding forth the word of life; that I may
rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may
boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of
rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of
boasting, if it is not you
yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your
patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye
endure:
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the
rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we
boast.
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it
boasts of great things. Consider how small a
spark sets a great forest
ablaze.
But if ye have bitter
envying and
strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
But if you
harbor bitter jealousy and
selfish ambition in your hearts, do not
boast in it or deny the truth.
As it is, you
boast in your proud intentions. All such
boasting is evil.
We are esteemed of him as counterfeits: he abstaineth from our ways as from
filthiness: he pronounceth the end of the just to be blessed, and maketh his
boast that God is his father.
Be not overwise in doing thy business; and
boast not
thyself in the time of thy distress.
Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself, and wanteth bread.
Boast not of thy clothing and
raiment, and
exalt not
thyself in the day of honour: for the works of the Lord are wonderful, and his works among men are hidden.
Slew he not a
giant, when he was yet but young? and did he not take away reproach from the people, when he lifted up his hand with the stone in the
sling, and beat down the
boasting of
Goliath?
