Arrogance
/AR-o-gans/
Summary
Excessive pride and self-importance, consistently condemned in Scripture as offensive to God.
☩Divine Opposition
God repeatedly declares His opposition to the arrogant. Pride and arrogance are listed among the things God hates. The arrogant are promised humiliation while the humble are exalted. Examples of divine judgment on arrogance include Pharaoh, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, and Herod Agrippa.
Key verses:Proverbs 8:13Proverbs 16:18James 4:61 Peter 5:5Daniel 4:37
