pride
Pride
Pride in Scripture is the posture of self-exaltation and independence from God — named as the root of many sins and the opposite of the humility that receives grace. The biblical pattern is consistent: those who exalt themselves are brought low (Nebuchadnezzar, Herod Agrippa, the Pharisee in Luke 18). Pride is addressed not by self-help but by repentance.
Further reading
- C. S. Lewis — Mere Christianity, Book 3 Ch. 8 'The Great Sin', Geoffrey Bles (1952)
- John Owen — The Mortification of Sin in Believers (1656)
- Thomas Watson — The Art of Divine Contentment (1653)