God hates pride; He hates haughty eyes. It destroys love. It destroys relationships, all of them. What is the killer of all relationships? Pride. Pride kills all relationships. It kills care, it kills sacrifice, it kills kindness. It kills the supreme virtue of all virtues: humility.
Only humble people love. That’s why Proverbs 8:13 says, “Pride and arrogance I hate,” says the Lord. Proverbs 11:2 says, “When pride comes, then comes dishonor.” It does the opposite. Do you notice that? When pride comes, then comes dishonor. Pride doesn’t honor you, it dishonors you.
Proverbs 13:10 says, “Through pride comes strife because it destroys relationships.” Proverbs 16:18, “Pride goes before destruction.” Proverbs 29:23, “A man’s pride shall bring him low.” And then it says, “Honor belongs to the humble.”
James and Peter both said in the New Testament God exalts the humble and abases the proud. Only humble people love. Only humble people build meaningful relationships. We have a total society consumed with people chasing their own personal exaltation and elevation. So the sins of loving pleasure and loving self cause disaster.
-John MacArthur
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Only humble people love. That’s why Proverbs 8:13 says, “Pride and arrogance I hate,” says the Lord. Proverbs 11:2 says, “When pride comes, then comes dishonor.” It does the opposite. Do you notice that? When pride comes, then comes dishonor. Pride doesn’t honor you, it dishonors you.
Proverbs 13:10 says, “Through pride comes strife because it destroys relationships.” Proverbs 16:18, “Pride goes before destruction.” Proverbs 29:23, “A man’s pride shall bring him low.” And then it says, “Honor belongs to the humble.”
James and Peter both said in the New Testament God exalts the humble and abases the proud. Only humble people love. Only humble people build meaningful relationships. We have a total society consumed with people chasing their own personal exaltation and elevation. So the sins of loving pleasure and loving self cause disaster.
-John MacArthur
Hope-for-a-Doomed-Nation
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