Daily Bible Reading Contact Us churches of Christ Lauds Links Vol. Pride is a respectable sin with man, but it is an abomination with God. Pride is antithetical to the very nature of God. Three factors are prominent. Pride looks highly on self.
Pride looks lowly on others.
Pride looks falsely on God. Jesus said, Two went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers or even as this tax collector. The Pharisee had a proud look, because he looked highly on self. He confessed his own goodness rather than his evil ways.