Pride resists God by refusing submission to His will and law, setting the mind in hostile opposition to Him. It originated with Satan, whose heart was lifted up because of his beauty, prompting him to exalt himself and spread this spirit to angels and mankind, beginning with Eve, who desired God's status above His command. Pride generates self-sufficiency, blinding individuals to their need for Him and deceiving them into overvaluing themselves though they are mere vapor. God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. Its fruits include self-deception, ambition, self-righteousness, and enmity against God, as seen in Israel's complacency, which He abhorred. Overcoming pride requires continual submission, obedience, and humility to draw near to God. Also see sermons and articles about 'Pride, Resists God'.

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  • Isaiah 14:12-14
    "How you are fallen from heaven,
    O Lucifer, son of the morning!
    How you are cut down to the ground,
    You who weakened the nations!
    For you have said in your heart:
    'I will ascend into heaven,
    I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
    I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
    On the farthest sides of the north;
    I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
    I will be like the Most High.'

     
  • Psalm 10:4
    The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;
    God is in none of his thoughts.
     
  • Ezekiel 28:17
    "Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty;
    You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;
    I cast you to the ground,
    I laid you before kings,
    That they might gaze at you.

     
  • Deuteronomy 8:14
    when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
     
  • Job 41:34
    He beholds every high thing;
    He is king over all the children of pride.'
     
  • Proverbs 26:12
    Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
    There is more hope for a fool than for him.

     
  • Romans 8:7
    Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
     


Related Scriptures

  • Isaiah 2:17
    The loftiness of man shall be bowed down,
    And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low;
    The LORD alone will be exalted in that day,

     
  • Isaiah 66:2
    For all those things My hand has made,
    And all those things exist,"
    Says the LORD.
    "But on this one will I look:
    On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
    And who trembles at My word.

     
  • Matthew 5:3
    "Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

     
  • Luke 18:14
    I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
     
  • Philippians 2:5-8
    Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
     
  • Deuteronomy 8:17
    then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’
     
  • Psalm 10:2
    The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor;
    Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
     
  • Psalm 10:11
    He has said in his heart,
    “God has forgotten;
    He hides His face;
    He will never see.”