Quote 3619
Pride is the very image of the devil.
Thomas Boston
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4 Types of Pride: first is when someone attributes to himself the good which he has; the second, when he believes that the good is given by God, and yet for his own merits; the third, when he boasts that he has what he does not have; the fourth, when he has contempt for all others and wishes to seem unique.Moralia, bk 2, c6, n13
New doctrines please those who have not … felt the efficacy of the old upon their hearts.
God will have nothing to do with proud persons, he will never dwell with them, he will never keep house with them.
He that dwells in the highest heavens, will never dwell in a haughty heart.
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence. Commentary on Luke 24:45
Pride is the most hidden, secret, and deceitful of all lusts.
Run from pride, for it is a passion more treacherous than any other.
Whatever you learn from the word, labor to put it in practice. For to him that has shall be given. No wonder they get little insight into the Bible who make no conscience of practicing what they know.
Affliction doth not rise out of the dust or come to men by chance; but it is the Lord that sends it, and we should own and reverence His hand in it.
Has God decreed all things that come to pass? Then there is nothing that falls out by chance, nor are we to ascribe what we meet with either to good or ill luck and fortune.
The lesser we discern pride in ourselves the more it reigns in our hearts.
Believing, repenting, and the like, are the product of the new nature; and can never be produced by the old corrupt nature. The heart is shut against Christ: man cannot open it, only God can do it by his grace.
The sin of pride is so ingrained in us that even when other sins decrease, pride grows.Divine Judgment and Mercy in the Second Plague 154
Pride loves to climb up, not as Zacchaeus Golden Treasury
Pride has its root and strength in a spiritual power, outside of us as well as within us; as needful as it is that we confess and deplore it, it is satanic in origin.Humility
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.
Again, the glory of one attribute is more seen in one work than in another: in some things there is more of His goodness, in other things more of His wisdom is seen, and in others more of His power. But in the work of redemption all His perfections and excellencies shine forth in their greatest glory.
Tis inexpressible, and almost inconceivable, how strong a self-righteous, self-exalting disposition is naturally in man; and what he will not do and suffer, to feed and gratify it.Religious Affections
There is no fault which makes a man more unpopular, and no fault which we are more unconscious of in ourselves. And the more we have it ourselves, the more we dislike it in othersMere Christianity, 91
the more we have it in ourselves, the more we dislike it in others.Mere Christianity (121)
Stay close to the cross and never cease to be amazed and thankful that you are saved. People who are perpetually and thankfully amazed that God has saved them are not likely to be destroyed by pride.
To truly be serious and deliberate in mortifying pride and cultivating greatness, you must each day survey the wonderous cross on which the Prince of Glory died.
Laughter is a divine gift to the human who is humble. A proud man cannot laugh because he must watch his dignity; he cannot give himself over to the rocking and rolling of his belly. But a poor and happy man laughs heartily because he gives no serious attention to his ego.
Pride is the pursuit of happiness anywhere but in the glory of God
and the good of other people for God's sake. This is the root of all sin.
Self-righteousness is about being more aware of and irritated by the sins of others than you are conscious of and grieved by your own. Posted on his Twitter account June 15 2010
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