Orgulho
O orgulho é um dos pecados mais condenados na Bíblia. Deus resiste aos soberbos, mas dá graça aos humildes. A humildade é o caminho da honra verdadeira.
Deus resiste ao soberbo
A soberba precede a ruína e o orgulho antecede a queda. Deus abomina o coração altivo e promete humilhar quem se exalta.
18 Pride [goes] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
5 Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to the LORD; the covenant that he makes, shall not be without chastening.
25 There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
13 The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil; pride, arrogancy, the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
2 [When] pride comes, then comes shame, but with the humble [is] wisdom.
2 [When] pride comes, then comes shame, but with the humble [is] wisdom.
23 A man's pride shall bring him low, but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
23 A man's pride shall bring him low, but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
12 Before being broken, the heart of man is haughty, and before coming into honour, [comes] being brought to humility.
12 Before being broken, the heart of man is haughty, and before coming into honour, [comes] being brought to humility.
25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud, but he will establish the inheritance of the widow.
Humildade como caminho
Humilhai-vos diante do Senhor e Ele vos exaltará. A grandeza no Reino vem pelo serviço humilde, não pela autopromoção.
6 But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in his high status;10 and he who is rich, in his low status, because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
5 Likewise, young people, be subject to the elders in such a manner that you are all subject to one another. Be clothed with humility of will, for God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,7 casting all your cares upon him, for he cares for you.
11 For whosoever exalts himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
3 [Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory, but in humility let each esteem others better than themselves,4 [with] each one not looking to their own things, but also to the things of others.5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,
Os perigos do orgulho
O orgulho cega, gera contendas e afasta de Deus. A Escritura adverte contra a soberba da vida e a vã glória mundana.
16 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
12 Therefore let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor] and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity, it profits me nothing.
28 and that which is vile of the world and that which is despised God has chosen, and things which are not, to bring to nought the things that are,29 that no flesh should glory in his presence.
17 But he that glories, let him glory in the Lord.18 For [it is] not he that commends himself [that] is approved, but whom the Lord commends.:
20 For he had said that [it is] what comes out of the man that defiles the man.21 For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth the evil thoughts, the adulteries, the fornications, the murders,22 the thefts, the covetousness, the wickedness, the deceit, the lasciviousness, the evil eye, the slander, the pride, the unwiseness:23 all these evil things come out from within and defile the man.
10 Pride shall certainly give birth to contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.
4 Riches and honour and life [are] the remuneration of humility and of the fear of the LORD.
17 Charge those that are rich in this world, that they not be highminded, not placing their hope in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
O olhar de Deus
O Senhor não olha como o homem. Ele vê o coração e se agrada dos quebrantados de espírito e dos que tremem diante da sua Palavra.
7 And the LORD replied unto Samuel, Do not look on his countenance or on the height of his stature because I have refused him, for it is not as man sees, for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.
3 Do not multiply thyself speaking great and lofty things; let arrogant words cease from your mouth, for the LORD [is] the all-knowing God, and the [magnificent] works are his.
2 For all these [things] my hand has made, [by my hand] has these [things] been, said the LORD; but to this [man] will I look, [even to him that is] poor and of a contrite spirit and trembles at my word.
37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and build up and glorify the King of heaven because all his works [are] truth, and his ways judgment: and he is able to humble those that walk with arrogance.:
11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girds on [his harness] boast as he that puts it off.
16 [Be] unanimous among yourselves, not high minded, but accommodating the humble. Do not be wise in your [own] opinion.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is [this]: Charity, joy, peace, tolerance, gentleness, goodness, faith,23 meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.