09/09/2026
Today's reading is proverbs 15-16.
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
A common saying is "Pride goes before a fall." I remember a person saying with pride, "That's not in the bible!" With an arrogant attitude they had the person who had uttered the saying look it up in the Bible while we all watched so we could see how superior their biblical knowledge was.
Pride went before destruction that day.
I am thinking that maybe they forgot that knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. It is not what you know but who you know.
My prayer today: When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride.