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

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