"When pride comes, then comes shame; but with the humble is wisdom." (Prov. 11:2) "Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, and before honor is humility." (Prov. 18:12)

A famous football coach was on vacation with his family in Maine. When they walked into a movie theater and sat down, the handful of people there applauded. He thought to himself, "I can't believe it. People recognize me all the way up here." Then a man came over to him and said, "Thanks for coming. They won't start the movie for fewer than ten people. With you and your family here, we now have more than ten."

The "pride of life" is one of the avenues through which the devil tempts man. Regarding qualifications for elders, 1 Tim. 3:6 says, "Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil."