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

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