Dictionary of Bible Themes The real nature of pride can be seen in the fact that it leads to many other evils and ends in destruction. Galatians 6:3Pride leads to other forms of evil See also Self-deception Deuteronomy 8:17-18Isaiah 16:6; 47:10 Jeremiah 49:16 1 Corinthians 8:2 1 Timothy 6:3-4 pp Ob 3 Jeremiah 43:2See also Spiritual blindness Deuteronomy 8:14Nehemiah 9:16,29 Psalms 36:2 See also A hard heart Psalms 10:3; 52:1Daniel 5:20 Psalms 119:85 See also A malicious spirit Psalms 73:8; 140:5Psalms 123:4 See also Contempt for others Psalms 119:51Proverbs 21:24 Proverbs 13:10 Quarrelling Psalms 73:6See also Violence Esther 3:5-6Psalms 86:14 Psalms 119:78 See also Injustice Psalms 56:2Psalms 10:2 See also Oppression Psalms 119:122Habakkuk 2:4-5 Psalms 10:4 See also Contempt for God 2 Kings 19:22Psalms 73:3 Pride may be accompanied by temporary prosperity See also Psalms 10:5Proverbs 16:5,18 Pride ends in disaster See also 2 Samuel 22:28Job 40:11-12 Psalms 31:23; 101:5 pp Ps 18:27 Proverbs 11:2; 15:25; 26:12; 29:23Isaiah 2:11-12,17; 13:11; 26:5 Zephaniah 3:11 Malachi 4:1 Luke 1:51-52 1 Timothy 3:6 Exodus 14:28 Examples of the proud being humbled Nehemiah 9:10Pharaoh: 2 Chronicles 26:162 Chronicles 32:21 Uzziah Isaiah 10:12,16The king of Assyria: 2 Chronicles 32:25Esther 7:10 Hezekiah Isaiah 3:16-17Haman Isaiah 13:19; 14:11-15the women of Zion Isaiah 23:9; 25:10-12The king of Babylon: Isaiah 28:1-3Moab Isaiah 47:10-11Samaria Jeremiah 50:31-32Babylon: Jeremiah 13:9Ezekiel 7:24 Judah and Jerusalem: Ezekiel 16:49-50Ezekiel 28:5-9,17 Sodom The king of Tyre: Ezekiel 30:6; 32:12Daniel 4:30-33 Egypt: Daniel 5:30Nebuchadnezzar Amos 6:8Zephaniah 2:15 Belshazzar Zechariah 9:6; 10:11Nineveh Matthew 11:23Assyria Acts 12:21-23Capernaum Revelation 18:7-8Herod See also Babylon the Great 5576 tax collectors5850 excess 5880 humour 8214 confidence, basis of 8481 self-sacrifice 8712 denial of Christ 8782 mockery 8802 pride 8824 self-righteousness |
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