Topic- Humility

Your homework will help sharpen your understanding of the Bible, and it is a ministry to others as you share your answers in your small group. Prayerfully think through each answer with the expectation of sharing with others what God has taught you.

Memory Work: Proverbs 15:33

1.What is your definition of pride?

  • What are the results of pride?
  • Proverbs 11:2
  • Proverbs 13:10
  • Proverbs 16:18
  • Proverbs 29:23
  • How can an inward attitude have such damaging effects?

    • 2.What does God think about pride in the following proverbs?

  • Proverbs 3:34
  • Proverbs 6:16-17
  • Proverbs 8:13
  • Proverbs 16:5
  • What are His promises to the humble?
  • Proverbs 22:4
  • Proverbs 28:25
  • 2 Chronicles 7:14
  • Isaiah 57:15

    • 3.How is pride demonstrated in the following examples? What caused them to be so prideful? What were the results?

  • Babel Genesis 11:1-9
  • Lucifer Isaiah 14:12-15, Ezekiel 28:12-17
  • Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 4: 28-33
  • Herod Acts 12:21-23
  • What is similar in each of these examples?

    • 4.How is humility demonstrated in the following examples? What caused them to humble themselves? What were the results?

  • The penitent woman Luke 7:37-46
  • The tax collector Luke 18:13-14
  • Jesus Christ Philippians 2:5-8

    • 5.Read Proverbs 25:6-7, Matthew 20:25-28, Matthew 23:11-12, and Luke 14:7-11

  • What is the principle of greatness in the kingdom of God?
  • What are some practical ways that Christians can live by this principle?

    • 6.Why do you think pride is often overlooked among Christians?

  • In what ways do we become "haughty" or "lifted up?"
  • What is the remedy for pride?

    • 7. Has God revealed an area of your life where you are proud? What verse will help you remember God's desire for you? Share this with your prayer partner.


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