Dictionary of Bible Themes » 8000 The life of the believer » 8700 Threats to the life of faith » 8802 pride » 8805 pride, results of
The real nature of pride can be seen in the fact that it leads to many other evils and ends in destruction.
Pride leads to other forms of evil
Self-deception
Galatians 6:3 See also Deuteronomy 8:17-18; Isaiah 16:6; Isaiah 47:10; Jeremiah 49:16 pp Ob 3; 1 Corinthians 8:2; 1 Timothy 6:3-4
Spiritual blindness
Jeremiah 43:2 See also Deuteronomy 8:14; Nehemiah 9:16,29
A hard heart
Psalm 36:2 See also Psalm 10:3; Psalm 52:1; Daniel 5:20
A malicious spirit
Psalm 119:85 See also Psalm 73:8; Psalm 140:5
Contempt for others
Psalm 123:4 See also Psalm 119:51; Proverbs 21:24
Quarrelling
Proverbs 13:10
Violence
Psalm 73:6 See also Esther 3:5-6; Psalm 86:14
Injustice
Psalm 119:78 See also Psalm 56:2
Oppression
Psalm 10:2 See also Psalm 119:122; Habakkuk 2:4-5
Contempt for God
Psalm 10:4 See also 2 Kings 19:22
Pride may be accompanied by temporary prosperity
Psalm 73:3 See also Psalm 10:5
Pride ends in disaster
Proverbs 16:5,18 See also 2 Samuel 22:28 pp Psalm 18:27; Job 40:11-12; Psalm 31:23; Psalm 101:5; Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 15:25; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 29:23; Isaiah 2:11-12,17; Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 26:5; Zephaniah 3:11; Malachi 4:1; Luke 1:51-52; 1 Timothy 3:6
Examples of the proud being humbled
Pharaoh:
Exodus 14:28; Nehemiah 9:10 2 Chronicles 26:16 Uzziah
The king of Assyria:
2 Chronicles 32:21; Isaiah 10:12,16 2 Chronicles 32:25 Hezekiah; Esther 7:10 Haman; Isaiah 3:16-17 the women of Zion
The king of Babylon:
Isaiah 13:19; Isaiah 14:11-15 Isaiah 23:9; Isaiah 25:10-12 Moab; Isaiah 28:1-3 Samaria
Babylon:
Isaiah 47:10-11; Jeremiah 50:31-32
Judah and Jerusalem:
Jeremiah 13:9; Ezekiel 7:24 Ezekiel 16:49-50 Sodom
The king of Tyre:
Ezekiel 28:5-9,17
Egypt:
Ezekiel 30:6; Ezekiel 32:12 Daniel 4:30-33 Nebuchadnezzar; Daniel 5:30 Belshazzar; Amos 6:8; Zephaniah 2:15 Nineveh; Zechariah 9:6; Zechariah 10:11 Assyria; Matthew 11:23 Capernaum; Acts 12:21-23 Herod; Revelation 18:7-8 Babylon the Great
See also
5575 talk, idle 5848 exaggeration 5879 humiliation 8213 confidence 8478 self-examination 8710 atheism 8782 mockery 8801 presumption 8823 self-righteousness
