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 Before grievous injury, pride! and, before a fall, haughtiness of spirit!
5 An abomination to Yahweh, is every one who is haughty in heart, hand to hand, he shall not be held innocent.
25 There is a way that enticeth a man, but, at the latter end thereof, are the ways of death.
13 The reverence of Yahweh, is to hate wickedness: pride, arrogance, and the way of wickedness; And a mouth of perverse things, do I hate.
2 When pride cometh, then cometh contempt, but, with the modest, is wisdom.
2 When pride cometh, then cometh contempt, but, with the modest, is wisdom.
23 The loftiness of a man, layeth him low,but, one of a lowly spirit, shall attain unto honour.
23 The loftiness of a man, layeth him low,but, one of a lowly spirit, shall attain unto honour.
12 Before grievous injury, a mans heart is haughty, and, before honour, is humility.
12 Before grievous injury, a mans heart is haughty, and, before honour, is humility.
25 The house of proud men, will Yahweh tear down, but he will maintain the boundary 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 Howbeit he giveth, greater, favour. Wherefore it saithGod, against the haughty, arrayeth himself, Whereas, unto the lowly, he giveth favour.
10 Be made low in presence of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
9 But boasting be the lowly brother in his uplifting;10 Whereas the rich, in his being brought low,because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
5 In like manner, ye younger mensubmit yourselves unto elders;All, however, one towards another, gird on humility; because, God, against the haughty, arrayeth himself, whereas, unto the lowly, he giveth favour.6 Be made lowly, therefore, under the strong hand of God, that he may lift, you, up in due time,7 All your anxiety, casting upon him, because he careth for you.
11 Because, everyone who exalteth himself, shall be abased; and, he that abaseth himself, shall be exalted?
3 Nothing by way of faction, nothing by way of vain-glory,but, in lowliness of mind, accounting, one another, superior to yourselves,4 Not, to your own things, severally looking, but, to the things of others, severally:5 The same thing, esteem, in yourselves, which 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 worldthe coveting of the flesh, the coveting of the eyes, and the vain grandeur of lifeis not of the Father, but is, of the world;
12 So that, he that thinketh he is standing, let him take heed lest he fall.
3 And, though I morsel out all my goods,and though I deliver up my body, that I may boast, and have not, love, I am profited, nothing.
28 And, the low-born things of the world, and the things that are despised, hath God chosen, and the things that are not,that, the things that are, he might bring to nought;29 So that no flesh should boast before God.
17 He that boasteth, however, in the Lord, let him boast;18 For, not he that commendeth himself, he, is approved, but he whom, the Lord, doth commend.
20 And he was sayingThat which, out of the man, cometh forth, that, defileth the man;21 For, from within, out of the heart of men, the base designs, come forth,fornications, thefts,22 murders, adulteries, covetousnesses, knaveries, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, profane speaking, foolishness,23 all these wicked things, from within, come forth, and defile, the man.
10 Only by pride, doth one cause contention, but, with the well-advised, is wisdom.
4 The reward of humility, is the reverence of Yahweh, riches, and honour, and life.
17 Upon them who are rich in the present age, lay thou chargenot to be high-minded, nor to have set their hope on, riches, uncertainty,but on God, who offereth us all things richly for enjoying,
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 Yahweh said unto SamuelDo not regard his countenance, or the height of his stature, for I have rejected him,for it is not what man looketh to but what God looketh to. For, man, looketh to the outward appearance, but, Yahweh, looketh to the heart.
3 Do not multiply words, so loftilyloftily, Nor let arrogance proceed from your mouth,For, a GOD of knowledge, is Yahweh, And, for himself, are great doings made firm.
2 For, all these things, hath mine own hand made, And all these things came into being,Declareth Yahweh. But for this one, will I look around, For him who is humbled and smitten in spirit, And so careth anxiously for my word.
37 Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and extolling and honouring the King of the Heavens, all whose works, are truth, and, his ways, right; and, them who walk in pride, he is able to abase,
11 And the king of Israel responded and said: Tell him,Let not, him that girdeth, boast himself like him, that looseneth.
16 The same thing, one to another regarding,not the lofty things regarding, but, by the lowly, being led along. Be not getting presumptuous in your own opinion:
22 But, the fruit of the Spirit, islove, joy, peace, long-suffering, graciousness, goodness, faithfulness,23 meekness, self-control;against such things as these, there is no law.