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2. Proverbs on Vices - Pride
A vice is a moral fault or failing
Vices become most dangerous when they become acceptable
God defines what is a vice and gives strong warnings to those that seek to redefine them

3. Proper Pride
Isaiah 60:15 - a sense of delight or elation arising from their relationship to Zion which God magnifies
Isaiah 24:14 - Lifting of voices and shouting for joy over the majesty of the Lord
Delight in the Lord Himself, His law and all His works (Psalm 1:2; 37:4; 111:2)

4. Proper Pride
Pleasure / satisfaction derived from achievements, qualities, or possessions that reflect God & godliness
Proper pride in man is found in what the Lord has done for and through him
Delight / satisfaction in others and what they have done

5. Proper Pride
Reasonable or justifiable self-respect or a consciousness of one’s own dignity
All men have inherent dignity because God made mankind in His own image (Genesis 9:6)
Healthy, realistic self-confidence in what they can accomplish

6. Proper Pride
David as an example:
1 Samuel 17:36-37
David as commander
1 Samuel 21 & Psalm 43
The fear of the Lord joined with humility produces the proper types of pride

7. Sinful Pride
A characteristic of sin is a self- centeredness that blocks understanding the truth about yourself and God
Magnification of your own importance and abilities while diminishing God’s importance and abilities

8. Proud with Pride
Thinking more highly of yourself than you ought to think - see Romans 12:3
The proud can be successful in this world, but God will judge - Proverbs 16:19; 29:23; 16:18, 15:25
Proverbs 16:5 - the heart is the seat of rationality and volition - when it is proud, it is an abomination

9. Proud with Pride
Pride can be described as wide as well as tall - Proverbs 21:4; 16:5
Pride as a sense of self-importance - Proverbs 11:2, 21:24

10. Arrogance
Claims for oneself more consideration or importance than is warranted (Isaiah 36-37)
Proverbs 14:16 - a pride of over confidence that results in careless foolishness
Those with self proclaimed importance will also cause problems for others - Proverbs 28:25

11. Haughty
The haughty do have high positions and act in pride because of it.
Haughty eyes (Proverbs 6:17; 21:4,14) - The look the conceited give looking down on others

12. Insolence
Surpasses even the pomposity of the lordly to a contemptuous haughtiness
A pride that is opposed to God and hinder those who try to do the will of God (Ps. 119:51; Prov. 13:10)

13. Insolence
The insolent reject the counsel of others in favor of their own thoughts
Pride only gets worse as the person magnifies himself and diminishes God - Proverbs 26:12

14. Hope for the Proud
Proverbs 30:32 - put your hand over your mouth (Job 40:4-5)
Stop talking and start listening - the first step toward humility and thinking rightly
The starting point of humility is the fear of the Lord and understanding your true value vs God

15. Hope for the Proud
Your only hope is that God will provide for you from an source outside of you
God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble - Prov. 3:34; Psalm 138:6; James 4:6; 1Peter 5:5-7

16. God freely offers salvation, but you must believe, and to believe, you must humble yourself

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