You have been deceived by your own pride.
Obadiah 1:3a
The Bible speaks of three kinds of pride.
The pride God detests:
- The LORD detests the proud; they will surely be punished.
Proverbs 16:5
The pride for a job well done:
- But let every person carefully scrutinize and examine and test his own conduct and his own work. He can then have the personal satisfaction and joy of doing something commendable [in itself alone] without [resorting to] boastful comparison with his neighbor.
Galatians 6:4 (AMPC)
The pride for we feel about another’s accomplishment:
- I have great boldness and free and fearless confidence and cheerful courage toward you; my pride in you is great. I am filled [brimful] with the comfort [of it]; with all our tribulation and in spite of it, [I am filled with comfort] I am overflowing with joy.Â
2 Corinthians 7:4 AMPC
The wrong pride:
- Takes credit for what was accomplished by God.
- Receives glory that belongs to God.
- Worships us rather than God.
The prophet Isaiah warns us of the danger of pride
- But watch out, you who live in your own light and warm yourselves by your own fires. This is the reward you will receive from me: You will soon fall down in great torment.
Isaiah 50:11
The exiles of Israel will return to their land and occupy the Phoenician coast as far north as Zarephath. The captives from Jerusalem exiled in the north
Obadiah 1:20
I never noticed Zarephath mentioned in the Bible again after 1 Kings 17.
So, he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and he asked her, “Would you please bring me a little water in a cup?
1 Kings 17:10
Don’t be deceived by me.
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