Read Pro. 13:10, 11
Verse 10 contrasts pride with the well advised. Prideful people won't let people give them advise because they think they already know what it right. It says that pride brings contention or strife. If you are not bendable or teachable there will be strife. But if you are teachable and can give up your own way to honor another then you will be wise. Pride is one of our greatest enemies. The devil is pride personified and he sells it well. The next verse tells of its fruit. If you get your wealth by vanity it will diminish. The word vanity means emptiness; transitory or unsatisfactory. So if you get your wealth by deceiving people into trusting you and have nothing to back it up with then you won't stay wealthy for long. But if you gain your wealth by hard work it will increase. That statement is proved by researching the past winners of the lottery. They almost always end up worse than they were before they won. The bottom line is you reap what you sow so in order to sow you need to reap.
Lord, help us to be teachable, flexible and work as unto you.
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