It is thepower bywhich Satanwishes toreign over usthe worst of allthe vices cansmuggle itselfinto the verycenter of ourreligious lifeAs long asyou areproud youcannot knowGod. . . we shall not bewell so long as welove and admireanything morethan we love andadmire God“Blessed are theywho humblethemselveswithout beingcompelled to behumble.” (Alma32:16.). . .theessentialvice, theutmost evil,is PrideAnd the morewe have itourselves, themore we dislikeit in othersAs Paul said,they “seek theirown, not thethings whichare JesusChrist’s.”Pride isessentiallycompetitive. . . seeyourself asa small,dirty objectPride leads toevery othervice: it is thecomplete anti-God state ofmind. . . Pride isspiritual cancer:it eats up thevery possibilityof love, orcontentment . . .If God were proudHe would hardlyhave us on suchterms: but He isnot proud, Hestoops to conquerIf you think youare notconceited, itmeans you arevery conceitedindeed. . . you lookdown on othersso much thatyou do not carewhat they thinkof youThedevillaughsThe centralfeature of pride isenmity—enmitytoward God andenmity towardour fellowmenThe firststep is torealize thatone is proudHe will not bethinking abouthumility: he willnot be thinkingabout himself atallIt is better toforget aboutyourselfaltogether. . . any of usmay at anymoment bein this death-trap. . . eachperson's prideis incompetitionwith everyoneelse's prideA proud manis alwayslooking downon thingsand peopleGod will have ahumble people.Either we canchoose to behumble or we canbe compelled tobe humbleWe pit ourwillagainstGod’sIt is purelyspiritual:consequently itis far moresubtle anddeadly. . . thepleasure ofbeing abovethe restLet uschoose tobehumble.Once theelement ofcompetitionhas gone,pride has goneIt is thepower bywhich Satanwishes toreign over usthe worst of allthe vices cansmuggle itselfinto the verycenter of ourreligious lifeAs long asyou areproud youcannot knowGod. . . we shall not bewell so long as welove and admireanything morethan we love andadmire God“Blessed are theywho humblethemselveswithout beingcompelled to behumble.” (Alma32:16.). . .theessentialvice, theutmost evil,is PrideAnd the morewe have itourselves, themore we dislikeit in othersAs Paul said,they “seek theirown, not thethings whichare JesusChrist’s.”Pride isessentiallycompetitive. . . seeyourself asa small,dirty objectPride leads toevery othervice: it is thecomplete anti-God state ofmind. . . Pride isspiritual cancer:it eats up thevery possibilityof love, orcontentment . . .If God were proudHe would hardlyhave us on suchterms: but He isnot proud, Hestoops to conquerIf you think youare notconceited, itmeans you arevery conceitedindeed. . . you lookdown on othersso much thatyou do not carewhat they thinkof youThedevillaughsThe centralfeature of pride isenmity—enmitytoward God andenmity towardour fellowmenThe firststep is torealize thatone is proudHe will not bethinking abouthumility: he willnot be thinkingabout himself atallIt is better toforget aboutyourselfaltogether. . . any of usmay at anymoment bein this death-trap. . . eachperson's prideis incompetitionwith everyoneelse's prideA proud manis alwayslooking downon thingsand peopleGod will have ahumble people.Either we canchoose to behumble or we canbe compelled tobe humbleWe pit ourwillagainstGod’sIt is purelyspiritual:consequently itis far moresubtle anddeadly. . . thepleasure ofbeing abovethe restLet uschoose tobehumble.Once theelement ofcompetitionhas gone,pride has gone

THE SIN OF PRIDE - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. It is the power by which Satan wishes to reign over us
  2. the worst of all the vices can smuggle itself into the very center of our religious life
  3. As long as you are proud you cannot know God
  4. . . . we shall not be well so long as we love and admire anything more than we love and admire God
  5. “Blessed are they who humble themselves without being compelled to be humble.” (Alma 32:16.)
  6. . . .the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride
  7. And the more we have it ourselves, the more we dislike it in others
  8. As Paul said, they “seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.”
  9. Pride is essentially competitive
  10. . . . see yourself as a small, dirty object
  11. Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind
  12. . . . Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment . . .
  13. If God were proud He would hardly have us on such terms: but He is not proud, He stoops to conquer
  14. If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed
  15. . . . you look down on others so much that you do not care what they think of you
  16. The devil laughs
  17. The central feature of pride is enmity—enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen
  18. The first step is to realize that one is proud
  19. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all
  20. It is better to forget about yourself altogether
  21. . . . any of us may at any moment be in this death-trap
  22. . . . each person's pride is in competition with everyone else's pride
  23. A proud man is always looking down on things and people
  24. God will have a humble people. Either we can choose to be humble or we can be compelled to be humble
  25. We pit our will against God’s
  26. It is purely spiritual: consequently it is far more subtle and deadly
  27. . . . the pleasure of being above the rest
  28. Let us choose to be humble.
  29. Once the element of competition has gone, pride has gone