Tuesday, January 15, 2008

EIGHT EVILS OF PRIDE

1. Brings strife - Proverbs 13:10 "Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom."

2. Hardens the mind - Daniel 5:20 "But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:"

3. Produces spiritual decay - Hosea 7:9-10 "Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this."

4. Keeps from real progress - Proverbs 26:12 "Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him."

5. Hinders coming to the Lord - Psalm 10:4 "The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts."

6. Issues in self-deception - Jeremiah 49:16 "Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD."

7. Makes men reject God’s word - Jeremiah 43:2 "Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:"

8. Leads to ruin - Proverbs 16:18 "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."

By Mike Walls

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