Proverb 13: 10 NIV Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice. Among the unpopular topics of the day, this must be one. We have become a proud, arrogant people who value our own opinions above all others and rarely will lower ourselves to […]
Ezekiel 16: 49 CEB This is the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were proud, had plenty to eat, and enjoyed peace and prosperity; but she didn’t help the poor and the needy. You know what happened to Sodom, don’t you? The city was obliterated from the […]
Galatians 5: 26 Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another. This verse captured my attention last week. It’s one of those which I think we read and nod our heads in immediate agreement. We shouldn’t boast or brag, okay. Envy is just wrong, okay but what of challenging one another. What […]
1 Corinthians 13: 4 Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant. It is interesting that love is known not only for what it is but also for what it is not. It can be hard to describe what love is but we all understand […]
Habakkuk 2: 4 Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; but the righteous will live by his faith. There are quite a few observations we can receive from the prophet Habakkuk. One of the first is that the proud person and the righteous person are not one in the […]
