The Trap of Pride
The sin that hides best.
Pride is the sin that doesn't feel like sin.
The big idea
Pride is the easiest sin to miss because it always looks like something else.
What does “The Trap of Pride” walk through?
Pride Goes Before a Fall
Proverbs 16:18 · KJV
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
In plain English
Pride is what walks just before disaster.
The Camouflage
Pride hides in good things — competence, achievement, even spiritual progress. The clue isn't success. The clue is how you talk about it, how you react to others' success, and how you respond to correction.
He Resists the Proud
James 4:6 · KJV
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
In plain English
God pushes back against the proud. He gives grace to the humble.
“Pride is the only disease that makes everyone sick except the patient.”
Antidotes
Confess weakness regularly. Receive critique without flinching. Celebrate someone else's win out loud. Each one chips away at pride. None of them will feel comfortable. That's how you know they're working.
Pray
Lord, show me where pride is hiding. Bring it into the light. Make me small enough to be teachable.
Write it down
Where might pride be hiding in your life? What would humility look like there?
You finished: The Trap of Pride
Pride is sneaky. Humility is daily. Stay small.
Which passages does this journey use?
2 passages, drawn from Proverbs 16:18, James 4:6. Every verse appears here in the King James text with a plain-English line beside it, so you can read it without a commentary open. Allow about 5 minutes for the whole thing, or 6 short sittings.
- Proverbs 16:18
- James 4:6
Read any of these in full on the complete KJV, or look the wording up independently at Blue Letter Bible.
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