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

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