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

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