The sin of pride

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"I hate pride and arrogance!" Proverbs 8:13

Our hearts are desperately proud. If there is one sin which God hates more than another, and more sets Himself against, it is the sin of pride.

 Like a weed upon a dung-heap, pride grows more profusely in some soils, especially when well fertilized by rank, riches, praise, flattery, our own ignorance, and the ignorance of others. We all inherit pride from our fallen ancestor Adam—who got it from Satan, that "king over all the children of pride."

Those, perhaps, who think they possess the least pride, and view themselves with wonderful self-admiration as the humblest of mortals, may have more pride than those who feel and confess it. It may only be more deeply hidden in the dark recesses of their carnal mind. As God then sees all hearts, and knows every movement of pride, whether we see it or not,His purpose is to humble us! 

When I look back upon my life, and see all my sins, all my follies, all my slips, all my falls—my conscience testifies of the many things I have thought, said, and done, which grieve my soul, make me hang my head before God, put my mouth in the dust, and confess my sins unto Him. When I contrast my own exceeding sinfulness with God's greatness, God's majesty, God's holiness, and God's purity—I fall down, humbly and meekly before Him—I put my mouth in the dust—I acknowledge I am vile.

"I am nothing but dust and ashes!" (Abraham) 
"Behold, I am vile!" (Job) 
"Woe unto me! I am ruined!" (Isaiah) 
"I am a sinful man!" (Peter)