“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long asyou’re looking down, you can’t see something that’s above you.” (C.S. Lewis)Pride is the foundation upon which all other sins rest, the substrate on which all othersins feed.It is the surest path directly away from God, as it is the antithesis of God Himself.When pride strikes, its lethal venom courses through a person’s life, simultaneouslycommandeering his consciousness and anesthetizing him to its pernicious effects. If leftunchecked, it becomes a gangrenous cancer that consumes a person down to the core ofhis soul.Pride is idolatry in its most toxic state: a replacement of the Creator with oneself. Itbluntly screams in the face of God, “Not Your will, but mine be done.”Because of this, God reserves some of His most potent language for expressing Histhoughts about pride:“These six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: a proudlook...” (Proverbs