Highway of the Upright avoids Evil

 
 
"The highway of the upright avoids evil; he who guards his way guards his life. Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be a lowly spirit and among the oppressed than share plunder with the proud." Proverbs 16:17-19. To err is human; the only difference between a good man and an evil man is pride, and the inability to correct his mistakes. In biblical times, when Moses set out to free God's people from Egypt, the Pharaoh refused, because pride blinded him. He could not see that buildi
 
 


He saw nothing of the injustice he attributed to the slaves built his great city. However, his hubris causes the continuation of his sin, as he changes his mind and chases down the Hebrews as they walk to the Promised Land. ng his great city on the backs of the Hebrews was not just wrong but immoral. Even after many downfalls of his own the Pharaoh still insisted on not freeing the Hebrews, it takes the devastation of the death of his son for him to free the Hebrews. Admitting one was sinful hurts your pride, apologizing hurts your pride, but it is not all for the better? Damaging ones pride might make a huge difference in the major choices in ones life, and in the long run, a little pride may help with a little self-realization. And like Uzziah "his pride led to his downfall. The Pharaoh only saw his all-mighty control and his supremacy, and eminence reaping from the work of the slaves. . One might argue that ones sureness is not a crime, that it is a showing of self-worth, independence, and dignity. It boils down to pride the underlying reason between fixing a mistake and denying one was wrong. Some topics in this essay:
Promised Land, , Egypt Pharaoh, hurts pride,
 
   
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