Bible Dictionary: Pride: Leads Men to Self-Deception

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Jeremiah 49:16
Your terribleness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, that hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, said the LORD.
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Obadiah 1:3
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that said in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
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Library

Christ's Own Testimony Concerning Himself.
... with his declarations concerning the Holy Spirit, leads with ... for the least suspicion
of vanity, pride, or self ... wisest, the best, the holiest of men, the greatest ...
/.../schaff/the person of christ/christs own testimony concerning himself.htm

To the Disciples - Two Events and their Moral.
... on the one hand, the masterfulness of pride and of ... this becomes quite plain, if we
regard these men as trying ... Sabbath looseth his ox or ass, and leads him to ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xiii to the disciples.htm

The Prayer of Stephen.
... it some remnant of that dangerous spiritual pride through which ... to exalt ourselves
above others, which leads us, in ... such sins, be they laid to men's charge or ...
/.../selected sermons of schleiermacher/xxiii the prayer of stephen.htm

Watkinson -- the Transfigured Sackcloth
... passion's wild excess, anger, lust, and pride,""the existence ... unto thee, O thou
Preserver of men?" Christianity is ... a passion for that life; He leads us into ...
/.../the worlds great sermons volume 8/watkinson the transfigured sackcloth.htm

Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Gospel Transcends Law.
... terms the ministration of the letter; the other leads to liberty ... letter." His object
is to humble the pride of the ... when he urges the Law and induces men to seek ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/twelfth sunday after trinity gospel.htm

The Right Kind of Fear
... be equally shunned, namely, a fear which leads to the ... way, but pressing the truth
home to men's hearts more ... may happen that God will rebuke your pride and let ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/the right kind of fear.htm

The Christ of the Gospels. By Rev. Professor Schaff.
... his declarations concerning the Holy Spirit, leads with logical ... are one;" and to
call upon all men, "Come unto ... for the least suspicion of vanity, pride, or self ...
/.../the christ of the gospels.htm

The Importance of the Death of Christ in Preaching and in Theology
... There is such a thing as pride, the last form of which is ... we get to the quick of
almost anything in the relations of men to Jesus, it leads with wonderful ...
/.../denney/the death of christ/chapter 6 the importance of.htm

The Confessions of St. Augustin Index of Subjects
... spiritual pride of the Donatists, [372]162 (note). ... Faith, preaching leads to,
[446]45. ... necessary to some ignorant men, [870]200. cessation of, [871]204 (note). ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/the confessions of st augustin.htm

The Epistle of St. James
... Do not pride yourselves on that, on the intensity and ... this divine direction is that
of men purged from ... self-interest or private ambition, which leads to bitter ...
/.../moffat/the general epistles james peter and judas/the epistle of st james.htm

Subtopics

Pride

Pride is Followed by Debasement

Pride is Followed by Destruction

Pride is Followed by Shame

Pride is Sin

Pride: A Characteristic: False Teachers

Pride: A Characteristic: The Devil

Pride: A Characteristic: The Wicked

Pride: A Characteristic: The World

Pride: A Hindrance to Improvement

Pride: A Hindrance to Seeking God