SAM
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Proverbs 8:13 (NIV))
To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.
Pride is a lofty self-respect totally apart from reality. It is high esteem of oneself from some imagined or real superiority.
Pride supports a whole array of sins, such as jealousy, bitterness, vindictiveness, implacability, revenge motivation, revenge tactics, self-pity, conceit, inordinate ambition and competition, slander, gossip, and maligning.
Pride is a mental attitude sin which overflows into the motivation, decision making and activity of the individual. Pride includes several different concepts.
* Egotism. This is an excessive preoccupation with self and must be distinguished from ego, which is self-consciousness and is perfectly normal.
* Vanity. This is self-admiration and an excessive desire to be admired by others. Hence, vanity is easily flattered and patronized.
* Conceit. This is exaggerated estimate of one's abilities and attainments.
Scriptures Related to the Sin of Pride
Prov 11:2, "When pride comes, then come dishonor."
Prov 16:18, "Pride precedes destruction, and before a fall there is a lifestyle of pride."
Prov 23:29, "A person's pride will bring him low, but a lifestyle of humility will attain honor."
Rom 12:3, "For I say through the grace which has been given to me to everyone who is among you, stop thinking of self in terms of pride beyond what you ought to think, but think in terms of sanity for the purpose of being rational without illusion as God has assigned to each one of us a standard of thinking from doctrine."
Pride is Always Related to the Rejection of the Word of God
Arrogant people are overbearing. They have little patience for those who don't exhibit the same level of achievement.
Arrogance stunts spiritual growth. To avoid arrogance, distinguish between pride ("I'm better than the other person") and pleasure ("I'm not better, just fortunate").
Pride leads to contempt; gratitude leads to compassion. Arrogance is when you look down on others. |
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