Pride

Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary Pride

PRIDE Undue confidence in and attention to one’s own skills, accomplishments, state, possessions, or position. Pride is easier to recognize than to define, easier to recognize in others than in oneself. Many biblical words describe this concept, each with its own emphasis. Some of the synonyms for pride include arrogance, presumption, conceit, self-satisfaction, boasting, and high-mindedness. It is the opposite of humility, the proper attitude one should have in relation to God. Pride is rebellion against God because it attributes to oneself the honor and glory due to God alone. Proud persons do not think it necessary to ask forgiveness because they do not admit their sinful condition. This attitude toward God finds expression in one’s attitude toward others, often causing people to have a low estimate of the ability and worth of others and therefore to treat them with either contempt or cruelty. Some have considered pride to be the root and essence of sin. Others consider it to be sin in its final form. In either case, it is a grievous sin.

Proverbs 16:1-5;

The plans of the heart belong to man,

but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

2  All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,

but the Lord weighs the spirit.

3  Commit your work to the Lord,

and your plans will be established.

4  The Lord has made everything for its purpose,

even the wicked for the day of trouble.

5  Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord;

be assured, he will not go unpunished.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Pr 16:1–5.

Proverbs 16.18-19

18  Pride goes before destruction,

and a haughty spirit before a fall.

19  It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor

than to divide the spoil with the proud.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Pr 16:18–19.

Ps.139.23-24; the antidote to Pride

Search me, God, and know my heart;

test me and know my concerns.

24 See if there is any offensive way in me;

lead me in the everlasting way.

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020), Ps 139:23–24.

23 and 24 recounts or restates how the Psalmist starts this off in vs 1.

https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/seven-subtle-symptoms-of-pride

Proverbs 21.24-25

Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man

who acts with arrogant pride.

25  The desire of the sluggard kills him,

for his hands refuse to labor.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Pr 21:24–25.

SCOFFER Person who shows contempt for others

Chad Brand et al., eds., “Scoffer,” Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2003), 1452. Pro.16.12

12 Do you see a person who is wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020), Pr 26:12.

Pro.27.2

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;

a stranger, and not your own lips.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Pr 27:2.

Ps.10.4

In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him;

all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Ps 10:4.