Humility

• Pride goes before destruction

  • Proverbs 6:16-19; 11:2; 15:25, 33; 16:5, 18-19; 18:12; 21:4, 24; 22:4; 29:23

  • Genesis 3:6; Revelation 3:17 – Pride is consistently rebuked all through the Bible.

• Let another praise you, and not your own mouth

  • Proverbs 12:15; 25:14, 6-7, 27; 27:2

  • Matthew 23:12; Luke 18:14; 14:7-11 – Jesus often warned about praising yourself.

• Do not be wise in your own eyes

  • Proverbs 21:2; 16:2; 3:7; 26:12, 16

  • Examples of people who were wise in their own eyes

    • Diotrephes – III John 1:9-10

    • Scribes and Pharisees – Matthew 23:2

    • Korah – Numbers 16:1-ff

• He who hates reproof will die

  • Proverbs 10:17; 13:10, 13; 15:10, 32; 28:26