Biblical Concept: Boast

Findings

^NASPsalm 20:7 Some boast in chariots, and some in horses; But we will boast in the name of the LORD,

our God.

^NASPsalm 34:2 My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; The humble shall hear it and rejoice.

Sin of the tongue: “boast in the abundance of their riches.”

“be ashamed who serve graven images, Who boast themselves of idols”

“Do not boast about tomorrow”

Israel Priestly Manifest Destiny: “in their riches you will boast.”

^NASJeremiah 9:23 Thus says the LORD, "Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty

man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;

²⁴ but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who

exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares

the LORD.

No spiritual schadenfreude: “Yes, do not boast In the day of their distress.”

Religion: Jew, Law, boast in God.

Jew: “boast in the Law” … “breaking the Law”

God consciousness rejectors: boastful.

Boastful: Sin of the tongue.

Last days: Boastful.

^NAS1 Corinthians 1:29 that no man should boast before God.

³¹ that, just as it is written, "Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord."

Spiritually: “let no one boast in men”

¹⁷ But he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.

Paul: “I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses.”

³⁰ If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my weakness.

Paul: “I will rather boast about my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.”

¹⁴ But may it never be that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the

world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

^NASEphesians 2:9 not as a result of works, that no one should boast.

“boast of our hope firm until the end”

^NASJames 4:16 But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.

“In God we have boasted all day long”

“lest Israel become boastful, saying, 'My own power has delivered me.”

“The boastful shall not stand before Thine eyes”

“the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world”

False prophets: reckless boasting.

“Where then is boasting?” … “law of faith”

^NASRomans 15:17 Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.

Corinthians: “Your boasting is not good.”

False prophets: reckless boasting.

“Where then is boasting?” … “law of faith”

^NASRomans 15:17 Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.

Corinthians: “Your boasting is not good.”

Re Corinthians: “great is my boasting on your behalf”

Re Corinthians: “our reason for boasting about you.”

^NASJames 4:16 But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.

“For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire”

^NASProverbs 25:14 Like clouds and wind without rain Is a man who boasts of his gifts falsely.

Moab: His idle boasts are false.

“let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me”

^NAS1 Corinthians 1:31 that, just as it is written, "Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord."

^NAS2 Corinthians 10:17 But he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.

Sins of the tongue: “Bad, bad," says the buyer” … then he boasts.

Tongue: “it boasts of great things”

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Boast

^NASDeuteronomy 29:19 "And it shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will boast, saying, 'I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order to destroy the watered land with the dry.'

^NAS1 Samuel 2:3 "Boast no more so very proudly, Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the LORD is a God of knowledge, And with Him actions are weighed.

^NAS1 Kings 20:11 Then the king of Israel answered and said, "Tell him, 'Let not him who girds on his armor boast like him who takes it off.'"

^NASPsalm 20:7 Some boast in chariots, and some in horses; But we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God. (All)

^NASPsalm 34:2 My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; The humble shall hear it and rejoice. (All)

^NASPsalm 49:6 Even those who trust in their wealth, And boast in the abundance of their riches? (Sin of the tongue: “boast in the abundance of their riches.”)

^NASPsalm 52:1 For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech." Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

^NASPsalm 75:4 "I said to the boastful, 'Do not boast,' And to the wicked, 'Do not lift up the horn;

^NASPsalm 97:7 Let all those be ashamed who serve graven images, Who boast themselves of idols; Worship Him, all you gods. (“be ashamed who serve graven images, Who boast themselves of idols”)

^NASProverbs 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth. (“Do not boast about tomorrow”)

^NASIsaiah 10:15 Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? That would be like a club wielding those who lift it, Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood.

^NASIsaiah 20:5 "Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.

^NASIsaiah 61:6 But you will be called the priests of the LORD; You will be spoken of as ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations, And in their riches you will boast. (Israel Priestly Manifest Destiny: “in their riches you will boast.”)

^NASJeremiah 9:23 Thus says the LORD, "Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; (All)

²⁴ but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares the LORD. (All)

^NASObadiah 1:12 "Do not gloat over your brother's day, The day of his misfortune. And do not rejoice over the sons of Judah In the day of their destruction; Yes, do not boast In the day of their distress. (No spiritual schadenfreude: “Yes, do not boast In the day of their distress.”)

^NASRomans 2:17 But if you bear the name "Jew," and rely upon the Law, and boast in God, (Religion: Jew, Law, boast in God.)

²³ You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God? (Jew: “boast in the Law” … “breaking the Law”)

^NASRomans 4:2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about; but not before God.

^NAS1 Corinthians 1:29 that no man should boast before God. (All)

³¹ that, just as it is written, "Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord." (All)

^NAS1 Corinthians 3:21 So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you, (Spiritually: “let no one boast in men”)

^NAS1 Corinthians 4:7 For who regards you as superior? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

^NAS1 Corinthians 9:15 But I have used none of these things. And I am not writing these things that it may be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than have any man make my boast an empty one.

¹⁶ For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.

^NAS2 Corinthians 9:2 for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the Macedonians, namely, that Achaia has been prepared since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

^NAS2 Corinthians 10:8 For even if I should boast somewhat further about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I shall not be put to shame,

¹³ But we will not boast beyond our measure, but within the measure of the sphere which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you.

¹⁶ so as to preach the gospel even to the regions beyond you, and not to boast in what has been accomplished in the sphere of another.

¹⁷ But he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord. (All)

^NAS2 Corinthians 11:16 Again I say, let no one think me foolish; but if you do, receive me even as foolish, that I also may boast a little.

¹⁸ Since many boast according to the flesh, I will boast also.

³⁰ If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my weakness. (All)

^NAS2 Corinthians 12:5 On behalf of such a man will I boast; but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses. (Paul: “I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses.”)

⁶ For if I do wish to boast I shall not be foolish, for I shall be speaking the truth; but I refrain from this, so that no one may credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me.

⁹ And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. (Paul: “I will rather boast about my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.”)

^NASGalatians 6:13 For those who are circumcised do not even keep the Law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.

¹⁴ But may it never be that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. (All)

^NASEphesians 2:9 not as a result of works, that no one should boast. (All)

^NASHebrews 3:6 but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end. (“boast of our hope firm until the end”)

^NASJames 4:16 But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil. (All)

Boasted

^NASPsalm 44:8 In God we have boasted all day long, And we will give thanks to Thy name forever. Selah. (“In God we have boasted all day long”)

^NAS2 Corinthians 7:14 For if in anything I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, so also our boasting before Titus proved to be the truth.

Boasters

^NASIsaiah 44:25 Causing the omens of boasters to fail, Making fools out of diviners, Causing wise men to draw back, And turning their knowledge into foolishness,

Boastful

^NASJudges 7:2 And the LORD said to Gideon, "The people who are with you are too many for Me to give Midian into their hands, lest Israel become boastful, saying, 'My own power has delivered me.' (“lest Israel become boastful, saying, 'My own power has delivered me.”)

^NASPsalm 5:5 The boastful shall not stand before Thine eyes; Thou dost hate all who do iniquity. (“The boastful shall not stand before Thine eyes”)

^NASPsalm 75:4 "I said to the boastful, 'Do not boast,' And to the wicked, 'Do not lift up the horn;

^NASJeremiah 49:4 "How boastful you are about the valleys! Your valley is flowing away, O backsliding daughter Who trusts in her treasures, saying, 'Who will come against me?'

^NASDaniel 7:11 "Then I kept looking because of the sound of the boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking until the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and given to the burning fire.

^NASRomans 1:30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, (God consciousness rejectors: boastful.)

^NASGalatians 5:26 Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another. (Boastful: Sin of the tongue.)

^NAS2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, (Last days: Boastful.)

^NAS1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. (“the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world”)

Boasting

^NASJudges 9:38 Then Zebul said to him, "Where is your boasting now with which you said, 'Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?' Is this not the people whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them!"

^NAS2 Chronicles 25:19 "You said, 'Behold, you have defeated Edom.' And your heart has become proud in boasting. Now stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble that you, even you, should fall and Judah with you?"

^NASJeremiah 23:32 "Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams," declares the LORD, "and related them, and led My people astray by their falsehoods and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them, nor do they furnish this people the slightest benefit," declares the LORD. (False prophets: reckless boasting.)

^NASRomans 3:27 Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. (“Where then is boasting?” … “law of faith”)

^NASRomans 15:17 Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God. (All)

^NAS1 Corinthians 5:6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough? (Corinthians: “Your boasting is not good.”)

^NAS1 Corinthians 15:31 I protest, brethren, by the boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

^NAS2 Corinthians 7:4 Great is my confidence in you, great is my boasting on your behalf; I am filled with comfort. I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction. (Re Corinthians: “great is my boasting on your behalf”)

¹⁴ For if in anything I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, so also our boasting before Titus proved to be the truth.

^NAS2 Corinthians 8:24 Therefore openly before the churches show them the proof of your love and of our reason for boasting about you. (Re Corinthians: “our reason for boasting about you.”)

^NAS2 Corinthians 9:3 But I have sent the brethren, that our boasting about you may not be made empty in this case, that, as I was saying, you may be prepared;

^NAS2 Corinthians 10:15 not boasting beyond our measure, that is, in other men's labors, but with the hope that as your faith grows, we shall be, within our sphere, enlarged even more by you,

^NAS2 Corinthians 11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

¹² But what I am doing, I will continue to do, that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the matter about which they are boasting.

¹⁷ That which I am speaking, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

^NAS2 Corinthians 12:1 Boasting is necessary, though it is not profitable; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

^NASGalatians 6:4 But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another.

^NASJames 4:16 But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil. (All)

Boasts

^NASJob 11:3 "Shall your boasts silence men? And shall you scoff and none rebuke?

^NASPsalm 10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns the LORD. (“For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire”)

^NASProverbs 20:14 "Bad, bad," says the buyer; But when he goes his way, then he boasts. (Sins of the tongue: “Bad, bad," says the buyer” … then he boasts.)

^NASProverbs 25:14 Like clouds and wind without rain Is a man who boasts of his gifts falsely. (All)

^NASIsaiah 16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride; Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury; His idle boasts are false. (Moab: His idle boasts are false.)

^NASJeremiah 9:24 but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares the LORD. (“let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me”)

^NASJeremiah 48:30 "I know his fury," declares the LORD, "But it is futile; His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.

^NASDaniel 7:8 "While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth uttering great boasts.

²⁰ and the meaning of the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three of them fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth uttering great boasts, and which was larger in appearance than its associates.

^NAS1 Corinthians 1:31 that, just as it is written, "Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord." (All)

^NAS2 Corinthians 10:17 But he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord. (All)

^NASJames 3:5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. Behold, how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! (Tongue: “it boasts of great things”)

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