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NASB | Proverbs 29:23 A man's pride will bring him low, But a humble spirit will obtain honor. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 29:23 A man's pride and sense of self-importance will bring him down, But he who has a humble spirit will obtain honor. [Prov 15:33; 18:12; Is 66:2; Dan 4:30; Matt 23:12; James 4:6, 10; 1 Pet 5:5] |
Subject: Pride and Humility |
Bible Note: Proverbs 29:23 One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor. …“It is man’s most monumental effrontery to imagine that a selfish, petty collection of unworthy desires such as himself belongs in the center, even of his own life. The insidious nature of pride is such that men and women rarely appreciate how proud they are, and the index of pride’s power over the heart is that even the purest motions of the Christian soul are deeply affected by it. Indeed, it is possible to be proud of one’s confessions of sin and unworthiness or secretly to congratulate oneself on one’s “brokenness.” As anyone knows who has struggled against it, one of pride’s most sinister effects is its dulling our sense of appreciation for the kindness and mercy of God. A Christian, of course, would never say that he deserved salvation, perhaps never think it; but the difficulty every Christian has in being and remaining genuinely amazed and heart-broken at God’s grace to him or her is evidence enough of the pride that still fills the heart. We think so well of ourselves; it is very hard to think that God should not as well.” - Dr. Robert S. Rayburn © Tabletalk magazine http://www.ligonier.org/tabletalk/2008/5/1059_Pride_(ampersand)_Humility Note: for the address above use the actual symbol for the ampersand and delete the parenthesis Stand in His grace, WOS |
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