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 who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord:they shall certainly not be unpunished.
25 There is a way which seems right to a man,but in the end it leads to death.
13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil.I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
2 When pride comes, then comes shame,but with humility comes wisdom.
2 When pride comes, then comes shame,but with humility comes wisdom.
23 A man's pride brings him low,but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
23 A man's pride brings him low,but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud,but before honor is humility.
12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud,but before honor is humility.
25 The Lord will uproot the house of the proud,but he will keep the widow's borders intact.
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 it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
9 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, towards one another; for "God resists the proud, but 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 worries on him, because he cares for you.
11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.5 Have this in your mind, 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, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not the Father's, but is the world's.
12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he does not fall.
3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
28 and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:29 that no flesh should boast before God.
17 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."18 For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
20 He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."
10 Pride only breeds quarrels,but with ones who take advice is wisdom.
4 The result of humility and the fear of the Lordis wealth, honor, and life.
17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything 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, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."
3 "Talk no more so exceeding proudly.Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth,For the Lord is a God of knowledge.By him actions are weighed.
2 For all these things has my hand made, and so all these things came to be," says the Lord: "but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble."
11 The king of Israel answered, "Tell him, 'Do not let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.'"
16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Do not be arrogant, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own conceits.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.