Pride caused Lucifer to think of himself before the Lord & he fell from Heaven.

Pride caused Adam & Eve to want to be Like God instead of serving Him & sin entered the world because of it.

Pride caused Cain to kill Abel because he couldn’t stand the thought of Abel’s offering being better than his.

Pride caused Abram to lie about his wife Sarah b/c he wanted to protect his own comfort.

Pride caused Jacob to scheme against Esau because he wanted his blessing.

Pride caused Jacob’s sons to sell their brother Joseph into slavery b/c they couldn’t stand that he was more favored than they were.

Pride caused Pharaoh to not let God’s people go because he wanted free labor.

Pride caused King Saul to offer up a sacrifice instead of obeying God’s words.

Pride caused David to kill Bathsheba’s husband just so that he could protect his good name.

Pride caused Solomon to follow his own love for foreign women instead of follow Lord.

Pride would cause his son Rehoboth to have people work harder so they would respect him.

Pride caused Israel to follow other gods that were more convenient to them & their tastes.

Pride caused Herod to imprison John the Baptist just because he wanted didn’t want to listen to the truth that he should not divorce & marry his brother’s wife.

Pride caused Judas to want cash more than Jesus.

Pride caused the religious leaders of Jesus’ day to offer him up rather than Barsabas just so that they could keep their control over the people.

Pride caused those same religious leaders to offer up The Apostle Paul for the same reason they offered up Jesus…they wanted control.

Pride caused the Apostle Peter to remove himself from the Gentiles when the Jews were around just so that he would be accepted by those of his own heritage.

Don’t the History books tell us of Hannibal to Hitler, from Caesar to Stalin, all go on rampages for what purpose? Pride.

Unless we can get control of our Pride: It will likewise be our own destruction: Pride goes before destruction…a haughty spirit before the fall

Cant we see why the Lord hates Pride and calls it an Abomination!?