Quotes related to 1 Peter 5:5
The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Through pride the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every vice, it's the complete anti-God state of mind.
— CS Lewis
Humility makes us ready to be blessed by the God of all grace.
— Charles Spurgeon
No matter how dear you are to God, if pride is harboured in your spirit, He will whip it out of you. They that go up in their own estimation must come down again by His discipline
— Charles Spurgeon
The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
— Timothy Keller
The grace of God is courtesy.
— Hilaire Belloc
See how ye Pharisee in the Temple stands, And justifies himself with lifted hands. Whilst ye poor publican with downcast eyes, Conscious of guilt to God for mercy cries.
— John Bunyan
The grace of God reaches to the furthest extent to those who are prepared to acknowledge their need.
— Alistair Begg
I say this as a big sister in the faith hoping someone might learn an easier way. Arrogance does not bode well. It attracts the rod of God.
— Beth Moore
In Christ, man who made himself God encounters God who made himself man. Unrivaled self-importance and pride encounters unrivaled self-emptying and humility.
— Christopher West
For I have learnt for a fact that nothing so effectively obtains, retains and regains grace, as that we should always be found not high-minded before God, but filled with holy fear.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
— Bob Goff