PRIDE & HUMILITY
Isaiah 57:15 (ESV) For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
Isaiah 57:15 (ESV) I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
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THE PERILS OF PRIDE Proverbs 16:5 (NASB) Everyone who is PROUD in heart is an ABOMINATION to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.
THE PERILS OF PRIDE Proverbs 16:5 (NIV) The Lord DETESTS all the PROUD of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
THE PERILS OF PRIDE Proverbs 11:2 (ESV) When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.
THE PERILS OF PRIDE Proverbs 26:12 (CEV) There is more hope for a fool than for someone who says, "I'm really smart!
THE PERILS OF PRIDE Proverbs 13:10 (TLB) Pride leads to arguments; be humble, take advice, and become wise.
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THE PERILS OF PRIDE Proverbs 16:18 (MSG) First pride, then the crash the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.
Pride Test 1. Do you long for attention?
Pride Test 2. Do you become jealous or critical of others success?
Pride Test 3. Do you always have to win?
Pride Test 4. Do you have a pattern of lying?
Pride Test 5. Is it hard to admit you re wrong?
Pride Test 6. Do you have a lot of conflict?
Pride Test 7. Do you cut in line?
Pride Test 8. Do you get upset when your achievements are not acknowledged?
Pride Test 9. Do you have an attitude of entitlement?
Pride Test 10. Have you thought this is a great lesson for someone else?
1 Point Per Question: If you score 1-10 = Prideful If you score 0 = Very Prideful
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James 4:6 (ESV) God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
VS PROPHETS VS KINGS 2 Chronicles 26
HUMILITY Romans 12:3 (NIV) For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
5 Traits Of The Humble 1. The Humble Seek The Lord 2 Chronicles 26:5 (ESV) He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God, and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.
Philippians 2:5-6 (NIV) In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to His own advantage;
Philippians 2:7-8 (NIV) rather, he made Himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled himself by becoming obedient to death even death on a cross!
Philippians 2:9-11 (NIV) Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
5 Traits Of The Humble 2. The Humble Listen To Instruction 2 Chronicles 26:5 He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God, and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.
5 Traits Of The Humble 3. The Humble Don t Plagiarize A Gift 2 Chronicles 26:16 But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
5 Traits Of The Humble 4. The Humble Are Faithful To The Lord 2 Chronicles 26:16 But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
Isaiah 29:15-16
5 Traits Of The Humble 5. The Humble Consider Others 2 Chronicles 26:17-18 But Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty priests of the LORD who were men of valor, and they withstood King Uzziah and said to him, It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense.
1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, you younger men [of lesser rank and experience], be subject to your elders [seek their counsel]; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another [tie on the servant s apron], for GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD [the disdainful, the presumptuous, and He defeats them], BUT HE GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.