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

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