1. (a.) Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.

2. (n.) Conceit; arrogance.

The Son of the Murket
... His eyes never left Ta-user for long, and his every word seemed to be inspired by
some overweening emotion. Aside from these there were others in the group. ...
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The House of Offense
... I need never be afraid, therefore.". For a moment he was silent, while she sensed
that overweening hate and menace which charged the air about him. ...
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A New Pretender
... When she recognized him, she started violently, smote her hands together and gazed
at him with such overweening joy written on her face, that he would have ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter xiii a new pretender.htm

Faith Illustrated
... It is the same truth which kept the ancient disciples from overweening pride.
It is the sweet persuasion of his interest in Christ. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/faith illustrated.htm

Refutation of the Calumnies by which this Doctrine is Always ...
... Confirmed by passages of Augustine. 12. Objection, that the doctrine of predestination
produces overweening confidence and impiety. Different answers. 13. ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 23 refutation of the.htm

The Knowledge of God Stifled or Corrupted, Ignorantly or ...
... Hence it is that their folly, the result not only of vain curiosity, but of licentious
desire and overweening confidence in the pursuit of forbidden knowledge ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 4 the knowledge of.htm

Concerning Lowliness of Mind.
... For this it was that placed the publican before the Pharisee; whereas that, pride
I mean and an overweening spirit, surpassed even an incorporeal power, that ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/concerning lowliness of mind.htm

Concerning Man.
... sight and to the realm of thought, midway between greatness and lowliness, spirit
and flesh: for he is spirit by grace, but flesh by overweening pride: spirit ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter xii concerning man.htm

John Chapter xviii. 13-27.
... its foundations. Where is now all that boldness of the promiser, and his
overweening confidence in himself beforehand? What now ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate cxiii john chapter xviii.htm

That Our Lawful Occupations do not Hinder us from Practicising ...
... of their duty; and in that case a man is neither to be so scrupulous as to abandon
good and lawful affairs by not going, nor so overweening and presumptuous as ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter iv that our lawful.htm

Overweening (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Overweening (3 Occurrences). Proverbs 21:24 A proud and
haughty man, scorner is his name, even he that dealeth in overbearing pride. ...
/o/overweening.htm - 7k

Nicanor (1 Occurrence)
... The battle of Emmaus is not mentioned, but "the thrice-accursed Nicanor," having
in overweening pride invited a thousand slavedealers to accompany him to buy ...
/n/nicanor.htm - 14k

Vanity (100 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an
overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive ...
/v/vanity.htm - 39k

Overweight (1 Occurrence)

/o/overweight.htm - 7k

Overturns (3 Occurrences)

/o/overturns.htm - 7k

Conceit (14 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) An overweening idea of one's self; vanity. 6. (n.) Design; pattern. 7.
(vt) To conceive; to imagine. 8. (vi) To form an idea; to think. Int. ...
/c/conceit.htm - 11k

Self-conceit (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion
of one's powers or endowments. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Elihu (11 Occurrences)
... from the whirlwind is: "darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge." Elihu thus
has a real function in the story, as honorable as overweening self-confidence ...
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Person (807 Occurrences)
... He took "the form of a servant," and so was "made in the likeness of men." But His
doing this showed that He did not set overweening store by His state of ...
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Overweening (3 Occurrences)

Proverbs 21:24 A proud and haughty man, scorner is his name, even he that dealeth in overbearing pride.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 16:6 We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 48:29 We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.
(See NIV)

Overweening

Nicanor (1 Occurrence)

Vanity (100 Occurrences)

Overweight (1 Occurrence)

Overturns (3 Occurrences)

Conceit (14 Occurrences)

Self-conceit (1 Occurrence)

Elihu (11 Occurrences)

Person (807 Occurrences)

Christ (573 Occurrences)

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