Pride
Jonah And The Whale. "Pride goeth before destruction." Prov. 16:18.
1. How does the Lord regard pride?
“Six things doth the Lord hate: ... a proud look,” etc. Prov. 6:16-19.
2. Of what is pride a forerunner?
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” Prov. 16:18. See Prov. 29:23.
3. What was the cause of Satan's downfall?
“Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty.” Eze. 28:17.
4. What is God's attitude toward the proud?
“God resisteth the proud.” James 4:6. See Ps. 40:4; 101:5; 138:6; 1 Tim. 6:4.
5. Why should we not indulge in pride?
“An high look, and a proud heart, ... is sin.” Prov. 21:4.
6. What is to be one of the sins of the last days?
“Men shall be ... proud.” 2 Tim. 3:2.
7. How are the proud now generally regarded?
“Now we call the proud happy.” Mal. 3:15.
8. What is to be the fate of the proud?
“All the proud ... shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up.” Mal. 4:1.
Nathan's Parable. "The rich man ... spared to take of his own flock, ... but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it." 2 Sam, 12:2-4.