A question I woke up to this morning from a dear friend and brother in the Lord.

This question was a big one, and before I replied I spent some time meditating on it, while there is much we could say about pride, here was a starting point to answer that question.

Good question, big question too.

First, pride in the heart is a poison, pride was the sin of satan, he wanted to be above God, he thought he was stronger than God so he rebelled.

Pride was a part of the temptation of Adam and Eve, for Satan said that if they are the fruit they would be like God

The road of pride always leads us away from God, as it is the direct opposite of the nature of God, God who is above all things, greater than all creation, is humble by His nature, the only one who could have any right to be prideful in a sense, denies pride to walk in humility

When we become prideful, we put ourselves above others, we stop looking at how to improve ourselves, and we tear others down and beat them down

Pride also slowly corrupts, and becomes a door for the enemy to use to bring us off the path we should go

*Read through proverbs when you have time*

Isaiah 2:12
For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

Isaiah 13:11
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

James 4:6
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

2 Timothy 3:2
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Romans 1:28-32
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 11:2
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Mark 7:21-22
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

So, why is pride bad? It is because pride stems from a wicked heart, it is a sin of the world, and does not come from the heart of the Father, but comes from sin.

Why is it a sin? Because it drives us away from who God wants us to be, the. Bike talks about how the proud in heart will be broken down

Pride causes us to use and hurt other people for our own sake, when we are full of pride, we stop being used by God, or allowing ourselves to be humble enough to do what He may ask of us