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 Everyone proud in heart [is] hateful to the LORD; though hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
25 There is a way [that seems] right to a man, but the end of it [is] the ways of death.
13 The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil; I hate pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the wicked mouth.
2 Pride comes, then shame comes; but with the lowly [is] wisdom.
2 Pride comes, then shame comes; but with the lowly [is] wisdom.
23 A man's pride shall bring him low; but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
23 A man's pride shall bring him low; but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
12 Before shattering, the heart of man is proud, and before honor [is] humility.
12 Before shattering, the heart of man is proud, and before honor [is] humility.
25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud, but He will set up the border 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 more grace. Therefore He says, God resists the proud, but He gives grace to the humble.
10 Be humbled before the Lord, and He will lift you up.
9 But let [the] humble brother rejoice in his exaltation;10 and the rich one [rejoice] in his humiliation, because he shall pass away as the flower of the grass.
5 Likewise, younger ones, be subject to older ones, and all being subject to one another. Put on humility. For God resists proud ones, but He gives grace to the humble.6 Therefore be humbled under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time,7 casting all your anxiety onto Him, for He cares for you.
11 For whoever exalts himself shall be abased, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
3 [Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.4 Do not let each man look upon his own things, but each man also [on] the things of others.5 For 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 because 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 So let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
3 And though I give out all my goods to feed the poor], and though I deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, I am profited nothing.
28 and God has chosen the base things of the world, and things which are despised, and things which are not, in order to bring to nothing things that are;29 so that no flesh should glory in His presence.
17 But he who glories, let him glory in [the] Lord.18 For not he who commends himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commends.
20 And He said, That which comes out of the man is what defiles the man.21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,22 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:23 All these evil things pass out from inside and defile the man.
10 Only by pride comes argument, but with those who take advice [is] wisdom.
4 By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches and honor and life.
17 Charge the rich in this world that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, He offering to 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 But the LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his face, nor on his height, because I have refused him. For He does not see as man sees. For man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.
3 Talk no more so very proudly. Remove arrogance out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.
2 For all those My hand has made, and all those exist, says the LORD. But to this one I will look, to the afflicted and contrite spirit, and the one who trembles at My word.
37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and exalt and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth and His ways judgment. And those who walk in pride He is able to humble.
11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Do not let him who girds on boast himself like the one who loosens [his armor].
16 minding the same thing toward one another, not minding high things, but yielding to the lowly. Do not be wise within yourselves.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,23 meekness, self-control; against such things there is no law.