Sunday, August 28th

Sunday, August 28th
My study on pride continues. There are only 63 scriptures that show the word “pride.” In my study, I am going to look at each and every scripture. Today is the second scripture.

Leviticus 26:14-20
14 " 'But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands, 15 and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant, 16 then I will do this to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and drain away your life. You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. 17 I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.
18 “‘if after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for your sins seven times over. 19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze. 20 Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of the land yield their fruit.

This is showing me early on God addresses the issue of pride. I think I have defined pride in the past, but here it is again. These two are the ones that stood out to me.

Pride (noun)

1. Arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment; haughtiness.


2. An excessively high opinion of oneself; conceit.

Pride, in the end, will get me nowhere. The saying goes “pride before the fall.” Leviticus shows me just how true this is. God will not let pride go unpunished. Johnny Out.