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Someone has said that pride is the source of all other sins—I think they are right. What if we took a moment this week to examine our own hearts? Pride rarely announces itself with fanfare. Instead, it quietly shapes how we treat others, how we speak, and how we position ourselves in the world.

Engage with me in a little self-evaluation:

Ten Warning Signs of Pride

Pride mocks others: “The proud have me in great derision…” (Psalm 119:51)

Pride lies about others: “The proud have forged a lie against me…” (Psalm 119:69)

Pride mistreats others: “Let the proud be ashamed, for they treated me wrongfully with falsehood…” (Psalm 119:78)

Pride seeks to destroy others: “The proud have dug pits for me…” (Psalm 119:85)

Pride oppresses others: “…Do not let the proud oppress me” (Psalm 119:122)

Pride deceives others: “The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah” (Psalm 140:5)

Pride is communicated by lips and looks: “A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood” (Proverbs 6:17)

Pride uses the mouth to beat others down: “In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them” (Proverbs 14:3)

Pride must display itself and cannot stay home: “Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, and he does not stay at home…” (Habakkuk 2:5)

Pride embellishes the truth: “Let the lying lips be put to silence, which speak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous” (Psalm 31:18)

The Stakes Are High

If the above list convicts you, remember that God fights against the proud and will destroy everything they attempt to accomplish. Pride is also the fundamental cause of rebellion against God and refusal to receive Christ as Lord and Savior.

The Antidote: Christ’s Humility

Here is how I want to think this coming week:

“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” (Philippians 2:5-8).

Let us ask God to forgive us for our pride and consciously humble ourselves before God this week.