Pride is a powerful thing—and not the kind of power you’d ever want to brag about (because…that would be pride).
Most of us picture pride as the loud, chest-puffing fellow who can’t stop talking about himself. But pride is far more dangerous because it often doesn’t show up wearing a crown. Sometimes it wears a smile. Sometimes it hides behind “confidence.” Sometimes it disguises itself as “standards.” Sometimes it calls itself “just being honest.” And sometimes it isn’t loud at all—it’s the quiet, stubborn refusal to say three humble words: “I was wrong.”
The Bible’s warning is blunt: “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18). That means pride is often the last step before the tumble. It is not always the first sin people notice, but often the first sin that set everything in motion.
