20 Signs of Pride
- Ernest Lau

- Jan 14
- 3 min read
No. | Sign | Bible Verse |
|---|---|---|
1. | I don't listen to advice. | "He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy" (Proverbs 29:1) |
2. | I don't seek advice. | "Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom" (Proverbs 13:10) |
3. | I think I am wise. | "Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him" (Proverbs 26:12) |
4. | I think I am better than others. | "The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are..." (Luke 18:11-12) |
5. | I think I am better than what I really am. | "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly..." (Romans 12:3) |
6. | I think I am powerful because of my wealth. | "Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy" (1 Timothy 6:17) |
7. | I am self-deluded. | "For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself" (Galatians 6:3) |
8. | I speak boastfully. | "The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things" (Psalm 12:3) |
9. | I scoff at others. | "Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath" (Proverbs 21:24) |
10. | I like to praise myself. | "Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips" (Proverbs 27:2) |
11. | I like to show off. | "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 6:1) |
12. | I like to be in charge. | "I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not" (3 John 1:9) |
13. | I don't like lowly tasks. | "Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits" (Romans 12:16 ASV) |
14. | I prioritize myself over others. | "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves" (Philippians 2:3) |
15. | I don't submit to others. | "Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble" (1 Peter 5:5) |
16. | I stir up conflict. | "He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat" (Proverbs 28:25) |
17. | I don't have love. | "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant" (1 Corinthians 13:4 ESV) |
18. | I don't seek God in my life. | "The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts" (Psalm 10:4) |
19. | I don't have the fear of God. | "The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate" (Proverbs 8:13) |
20. | I have an evil heart. | "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness" (Mark 7:21-22) |



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