Pride is dangerous. It's in the Bible, Proverbs 16:18, TLB. "Pride goes before destruction and
haughtiness before a fall."
Humility brings honor. It's in the Bible, Proverbs 29:23, TLB. "Pride ends in a fall, while humility
brings honor."
God sets himself against the proud. It's in the Bible, I Peter 5:5-6, TLB. "You younger men, follow the leadership
of those who are older. And all of you serve each other with humble spirits,
for God gives special blessings to those who are humble, but sets Himself
against those who are proud. If you will humble yourselves under the mighty
hand of God, in His good time He will lift you up."
Pride can cut us off from God and from
others. It's in the Bible, Luke 18:14, TLB. "I tell you, this sinner, not the
Pharisee, returned home forgiven! For the proud shall be humbled, but the
humble shall be honored."
Childlike humility is valued by
heaven. It's in the Bible, Matthew 18:4, TLB. "Therefore anyone who humbles himself as
this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven."
The proud will be disappointed. It's in the Bible, Matthew 23:12, TLB. "But those who think themselves great
shall be disappointed and humbled; and those who humble themselves shall be
exalted."
Those who are proud can fall. It's in the Bible, I Corinthians 10:12, NRSV. "So if you think you are
standing, watch out that you do not fall."
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