On Pride & Humility

"Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall."

El orgullo lleva a la perdición, advirtiéndonos que permanezcamos humildes y evitemos la arrogancia.

"But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.""

Dios se opone al orgullo pero ofrece gracia a los que eligen la humildad.

"When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom."

El orgullo a menudo resulta en vergüenza, mientras que la humildad conduce a la sabiduría y el respeto.

"For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn't the Father's, but is the world's."

El orgullo y los deseos mundanos no vienen de Dios, sino de un enfoque en las cosas terrenales.

"A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor."

El orgullo puede causar una caída, pero la humildad lleva al honor y al respeto.

"For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself."

El orgullo puede llevar al autoengaño, ya que hace que las personas se vean a sí mismas como más de lo que son.

"The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God."

El orgullo nos aleja de Dios, haciéndonos autosuficientes y menos propensos a buscarlo.

"For I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith."

Pablo nos aconseja evitar la prepotencia, fomentando una visión equilibrada de nosotros mismos.

"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth."

Dios se opone al orgullo y la arrogancia, que son contrarios a Su naturaleza y valores.

"The LORD says, "Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don't let the mighty man glory in his might. Don't let the rich man glory in his riches. But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things," says the LORD."

Dios prefiere que encontremos el orgullo en conocerlo a Él, en lugar de en nuestras propias habilidades o riquezas.

"doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;"

Estamos llamados a poner a los demás por encima de nosotros mismos, evitando el orgullo y el egocentrismo.

"A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin."

El orgullo es un caldo de cultivo para el pecado, que aleja a las personas de la justicia.

"The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day."

El orgullo será finalmente humillado, mientras que la gloria y el poder de Dios serán reconocidos.

"Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,"

El verdadero amor está libre de orgullo y jactancia egocéntrica, centrándose en cambio en la bondad y la paciencia.

"Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase."

El rey Nabucodonosor aprendió que Dios puede humillar a los orgullosos, mostrando que Dios es soberano.

"The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, 'Who will bring me down to the ground?'"

El orgullo nos lleva a una falsa sensación de seguridad y nos engaña haciéndonos creer que somos invencibles.

"Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; they shall certainly not be unpunished."

El orgullo es ofensivo para Dios y acarrea consecuencias si no se controla.

"For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar."

Dios valora la humildad, se acerca a los humildes y se aleja de los soberbios.

"For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness."

El orgullo, como otros pecados, se origina en el corazón y conduce a acciones dañinas.

"He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?"

Dios valora la humildad y la justicia, llamándonos a vivir sin orgullo y a ser humildes ante Él.

"For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.""

Jesús enseña que los que tratan de encumbrarse acabarán siendo humillados, mientras que los humildes serán ensalzados.

"For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be," says the LORD: "but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word."

Dios mira con buenos ojos a los que son humildes, valorando la humildad y el respeto a Su Palabra.

"Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips."

La verdadera humildad permite que otros nos reconozcan, en lugar de buscar la alabanza para nosotros mismos.

"Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

Jesús enfatiza la importancia de la humildad, asegurando que la autopromoción será humillada.

"Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits."

Se nos anima a vivir con humildad, tratando a los demás con respeto y evitando la arrogancia.

"Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility."

La soberbia suele preceder a la caída, mientras que la humildad es el camino hacia el verdadero honor.

"Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!"

Confiar en nuestra propia sabiduría nos lleva al orgullo y al autoengaño, mientras que la verdadera sabiduría procede de Dios.

"Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,"

La humildad conduce al favor y la elevación de Dios, mientras que el orgullo es resistido por Él.

"The result of humility and the fear of the LORD is wealth, honor, and life."

La verdadera humildad, arraigada en la reverencia a Dios, trae bendiciones, honor y una vida plena.

"if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

La humildad y el arrepentimiento abren el camino para el perdón y la sanación de Dios, mientras que el orgullo obstaculiza estas bendiciones.