What Would God Say About This?

[GlidingWings]

Well I have heard that the devil fell out of heaven because of his pride. I also have heard scripture that says God hates a proud look. And of course

we are bothered to hear about the current news of that horrible gay pride.

But I wondering even though pride and being proud have not been pleasing to God can it be possible that pride is not always wrong?

For example if a Father was to say hey son I'm proud of you because you did on your report card or like a Mother having a sticker on her car

that says I'm proud of my child attending such or such a school.

So the question is can pride be good in some cases proven by the Bible and in the eyes of God?

[nChrist]

1 - There is one type of pride that is self-centered and wrong most of the time.

2 - There is another type of pride that is not self-centered and many times mixed with joy and thanksgiving.

You gave examples of both. Telling your child that you're proud of their report card is not a self-centered pride, and "pride" could actually be replaced with being "happy" and "thankful" in many circumstances. When in doubt:

Colossians 3:15-17 KJV And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

In our thanksgiving, we give God all the Glory for all good things.

[Guest shiloh357]

Well I have heard that the devil fell out of heaven because of his pride. I also have heard scripture that says God hates a proud look. And of course

we are bothered to hear about the current news of that horrible gay pride.

But I wondering even though pride and being proud have not been pleasing to God can it be possible that pride is not always wrong?

For example if a Father was to say hey son I'm proud of you because you did on your report card or like a Mother having a sticker on her car

that says I'm proud of my child attending such or such a school.

So the question is can pride be good in some cases proven by the Bible and in the eyes of God?

The pride the Bible condemns is self-aggradizing, self-exalting pride, that leads to conceit and arrogance.

[Guest]

The pride the Bible condemns is self-aggradizing, self-exalting pride, that leads to conceit and arrogance.

Overjoyed

But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. Galatians 6:14

[Waiting2BwithHim]

Here are some general scriptures concerning pride..

Exodus 18:10-11

10 And Jethro said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, and who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods; for in the very thing in which they behaved proudly, He was above them.”

Leviticus 26:19

19 I will break the pride of your power;

I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.

Deuteronomy 8:11-14

11 “Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, 12 lest—when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; 13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; 14 when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

Deuteronomy 8:17-20

17 then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’

18 “And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. 19 Then it shall be, if you by any means forget the LORD your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. 20 As the nations which the LORD destroys before you, so you shall perish, because you would not be obedient to the voice of the LORD your God.

Judges 9:14

14 “Then all the trees said to the bramble,

‘You come and reign over us!’

These are 2 unclassified scriptures relating to pride..

Job 20:6-7

6 Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens,

And his head reaches to the clouds,

7 Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse;

Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

Psalm 49:11-13

11 Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,[a]

Their dwelling places to all generations;

They call their lands after their own names.

12 Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not remain;

He is like the beasts that perish.

13 This is the way of those who are foolish,

And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah

This last scripture shows how Moses was falsely accused of pride as an example of bad pride..

Numbers 16:13

13 Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you should keep acting like a prince over us?

[Guest]

If any type of pride takes away one's focus on Christ and the Cross, then it is sinful. Taking pride in someone's accomplishments, as long as the glory for those accomplishments is not centered on self, is not wrong. God gave us the emotion, remember. We just need to use it to the glory of God.