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<p>&quot;<strong>I abhor the pride of Jacob.</strong>&quot; Amos 6:8<br />
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  O cursed <strong>pride</strong>, that is ever lifting up its head in our <br />
  hearts! Pride would even pull down God that it might <br />
  sit upon His throne. Pride would trample under foot <br />
  the holiest things to exalt itself!<br />
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  Pride is <strong>that monstrous creature within us</strong>, of such<br />
  ravenous and indiscriminate gluttony, that the more<br />
  it devours, the more it craves!<br />
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  Pride is that <strong>chameleon </strong>which assumes every color; <br />
  that <strong>actor </strong>which can play every part; and yet which <br />
  is faithful to no one object or purpose, but <strong>to exalt <br />
    and glorify self!</strong><br />
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  &quot;I will put an end to the pride of the mighty.&quot; &quot;God<br />
  will bring down their pride.&quot;  (Ezek. 7:24, Isaiah 25:11)<br />
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    God means to kill man's pride! </strong>And oh, what cutting<br />
  weapons the Lord will sometimes make use of to kill <br />
  a man's pride! <br />
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  How He will bring him sometimes into the depths <br />
  of temporal poverty, that He may make a stab at <br />
  his <strong>worldly pride!</strong><br />
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  How He will bring to light the iniquities of his youth, <br />
  that He may mortify his <strong>self-righteous pride!</strong><br />
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  How He will allow sin to break forth, if not openly, <br />
  yet so powerfully within, that piercing convictions <br />
  shall kill his <strong>spiritual pride! <br />
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    </strong>And what deep discoveries of internal corruption will <br />
  the Lord sometimes employ, to dig down to the root, <br />
  and cut off the core of <strong>that poisonous tree, pride!</strong><br />
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  The Searcher of hearts dissects and anatomizes <strong>this<br />
    inbred evil</strong>, cuts down to it through the quivering and<br />
  bleeding flesh, and pursues with His keen knife its<br />
  multiplied windings and ramifications.<br />
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  &quot;The day is coming when <strong>your pride will be brought <br />
    low</strong> and the Lord alone will be exalted.&quot; Isaiah 2:11<br />
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  &quot;The arrogance of all people will be brought low.<br />
  <strong>Their pride will lie in the dust</strong>. The Lord alone<br />
  will be exalted!&quot; Isaiah 2:17<br />
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  &quot;The Lord Almighty has done it to <strong>destroy your pride</strong> <br />
  and show His contempt for all human greatness.&quot;<br />
  Isaiah 23:9
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