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Proverbs on Vices - Pride
•A vice is a moral fault or failing
•Vices become most dangerous when
they become acceptable
•God defines what is a vice and gives
strong warnings to those that seek to
redefine them
Proper Pride
•Isaiah 60:15 - a sense of delight or
elation arising from their relationship to
Zion which God magnifies
•Isaiah 24:14 - Lifting of voices and
shouting for joy over the majesty of the
Lord
•Delight in the Lord Himself, His law and
all His works (Psalm 1:2; 37:4; 111:2)
Proper Pride
•Pleasure / satisfaction derived from
achievements, qualities, or possessions
that reflect God & godliness
•Proper pride in man is found in what the
Lord has done for and through him
•Delight / satisfaction in others and what
they have done
Proper Pride
•Reasonable or justifiable self-respect or
a consciousness of one’s own dignity
•All men have inherent dignity because
God made mankind in His own image
(Genesis 9:6)
•Healthy, realistic self-confidence in what
they can accomplish
Proper Pride
•David as an example:
1 Samuel 17:36-37
David as commander
1 Samuel 21 & Psalm 43
The fear of the Lord joined with
humility produces the proper types of
pride
Sinful Pride
•A characteristic of sin is a selfcenteredness that blocks understanding
the truth about yourself and God
•Magnification of your own importance
and abilities while diminishing God’s
importance and abilities
Proud with Pride
•Thinking more highly of yourself than
you ought to think - see Romans 12:3
•The proud can be successful in this
world, but God will judge - Proverbs
16:19; 29:23; 16:18, 15:25
•Proverbs 16:5 - the heart is the seat of
rationality and volition - when it is proud,
it is an abomination
Proud with Pride
•Pride can be described as wide as well
as tall - Proverbs 21:4; 16:5
•Pride as a sense of self-importance Proverbs 11:2, 21:24
Arrogance
•Claims for oneself more consideration or
importance than is warranted
(Isaiah 36-37)
•Proverbs 14:16 - a pride of over
confidence that results in careless
foolishness
•Those with self proclaimed importance
will also cause problems for others Proverbs 28:25
Haughty
•The haughty do have high positions and
act in pride because of it.
•Haughty eyes (Proverbs 6:17; 21:4,14) The look the conceited give looking
down on others
Insolence
•Surpasses even the pomposity of the
lordly to a contemptuous haughtiness
•A pride that is opposed to God and
hinder those who try to do the will of
God (Ps. 119:51; Prov. 13:10)
Insolence
•The insolent reject the counsel of others
in favor of their own thoughts
•Pride only gets worse as the person
magnifies himself and diminishes God Proverbs 26:12
Hope for the Proud
•Proverbs 30:32 - put your hand over
your mouth (Job 40:4-5)
•Stop talking and start listening - the first
step toward humility and thinking rightly
•The starting point of humility is the fear
of the Lord and understanding your true
value vs God
Hope for the Proud
•Your only hope is that God will provide
for you from an source outside of you
•God resists the proud, but gives grace to
the humble - Prov. 3:34; Psalm 138:6;
James 4:6; 1Peter 5:5-7
God freely offers salvation, but you
must believe, and to believe, you must
humble yourself
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