Topical Studies
What the Bible says about Comparison, Perverted
(From Forerunner Commentary)
This confirms that pride gives birth to more tangible sins. As plowing prepares the earth to produce crops, so pride prepares the way to produce other sins. Some Bibles translate plowing as "lamp," indicating lighting or guiding the path into other sins. Haughty look shows comparison is taking place and reveals the very essence of pride: perverted comparison, a wrong judgment regarding the value or importance of self, skill, intelligence, etc.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Pride, Contention, and UnityRelated Topics: Comparing self to others | Comparison | Haughtiness | Lamp | Perverted Comparison | Plowing | Pride | Pride as Father of all Sin | Self Aggrandizement | Self Importance | Sin
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