Lad os prøve at se hvad definitionen på stolthed er I flere ordbøger defineres stolthed blandt andet som “en følelse af værdighed og selvrespekt”. Og det at være stolt defineres som det at man “føler glæde og tilfredshed med sig selv, en anden eller noget andet”. Er det forkert at have sådan nogle følelser? Nej det er det ikke, men man skal også huske på at man skal at være ydmyg. så kan man spørge; hvorfor er ydmyghed en vigtig ting i forhold til stolthed? Vi kan jo se et godt eksempel de fleste af os kender fra biblen og vores bibelhistoriebog som viser stolthed med mangel på ydmyghed nemlig kain og abel lad os læse i 1mos.4:6-8 6Jehova sagde derfor til Kain: “Hvorfor er du så rasende og bitter?7Hvis du begynder at gøre det gode, vil jeg så ikke godkende dig? Men hvis du ikke begynder at gøre det gode, ligger synden på lur ved døren for at tage magten over dig; men vil du få kontrol over den?”8Senere sagde Kain til sin bror Abel: “Lad os gå ud på marken.” Mens de var på marken, overfaldt Kain sin bror Abel og dræbte ham. Vi hved at jehova fortrak abels offer og ikke kains men hvorfor? De var begge to landmænd abel avlede grønsager, korn og frugt og kain blev fårehyrde han kunne lide at tage sig af de små lam og de voksede og blev får, abel ofre noget af den føde han har dyrket og kain det beste får han havde, men hvorfor kunne jahova så bedre lide abels offer end kains? fordi abel elskede jehova OG sin bror, men hvorfor kunne jehova så ikke lide kains offer? fordi han hadede sin bror og var jaloux på abel for den gunst abel havde hos jehova, hvad resulterede dette had i? det resulterede i at kain slog sin bror ihjel fordi han lod sin stolthed gro til med jalouxi og han tøvede ikke, selv om jehova vejledte ham direkte, med at dræbe sin bror og kain blev straffet for sin stolthed. i ezekiel 33:28 afsiger jehova et doms budskab over bibelens israel for deres arrogante stolthed. Las os lige læse det også ezekiel 33:28. Jeg vil gøre landet til en tom og øde vildmark.p Det vil være slut med dets arrogante stolthed, og Israels bjerge vil blive lagt ødeq så ingen vil færdes der her kan vi se at jehova hader arrogant stolthed, det var ikke bare et klap over fingrene de ville det ville blive en øde vildmark hvor ingen ville færdes…. Hvad så med en positiv form for stolthed? Her kan vi se på noget paulus skrev til theselonikerne i 2.thes. 1:4 lad os læse det. 4Vi taler om jer med stolthed blandt Guds menigheder på grund af den udholdenhed og tro I viser under al den forfølgelse og modgang I bliver udsat for. Man kan nærmest hør det i hans stemme, at han og de andre menigheder er stolte over den udholdenhed theselonikerne viser, men samtidigt udtrykker han ikke at han ville mene at han selv kunne gøre det bedre, så her viser han dem støtte, ydmyghed og respekt over de udforinger som de gennemgår og når vi gør sådan som paulus gør her, så glæder vi jehova og har en sund og god form for stolthed.

Let’s try to see what the definition of pride is In several dictionaries, pride is defined as "a sense of dignity and self-respect". And being proud is defined as "feeling joy and satisfaction with oneself, someone else or something else". Is it wrong to have such feelings? No it is not, but one must also keep in mind that one must be humble. then one may ask; why is humility an important thing in relation to pride? We can see a good example most of us know from the bible and our bible history book which shows pride with a lack of humility namely cain and abel let us read in Genesis 4: 6-8 6Jehovah therefore said to Cain, “Why are you so angry and bitter? 7If you begin to do good, I will not accept you? But if you do not begin to do good, sin lurks at the door to take power over you; but will you have control over it? ”8 Later, Cain said to his brother Abel,“ Let us go out into the field. While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. We know that Jehovah preferred Abel's sacrifice and not Cain's but why?They were both farmers abel bred vegetables, grain and fruit and cain became a shepherd he liked to take care of the little lambs and they grew and became sheep, abel sacrificed some of the food he has grown and cain the best sheep he had, but why did Yahweh like Abel's sacrifice better than Cain's? because abel loved Jehovah AND his brother, but why did Jehovah not like Cain's sacrifice? because he hated his brother and was jealous of abel for the favor abel had with Jehovah, what did this hatred result in? it resulted in Cain killing his brother because he let his pride grow with jealousy and he did not hesitate, even though Jehovah instructed him directly, to kill his brother and Cain was punished for his pride. in Ezekiel 33:28, Jehovah pronounces a judgment message on the Israel of the Bible for their arrogant pride. Let us just read it also Ezekiel 33:28. I will make the land an empty and desolate wilderness.p It will end its arrogant pride, and the mountains of Israel will be laid waste so no one will move there here we can see that Jehovah hates arrogant pride, it was not just a pat on the fingers they wanted it would become a desolate wilderness where no one would move…. What about a positive kind of pride? Here we can look at something Paul wrote to the Thessalonians in 2.thes. 1: 4 let's read it.4We speak of you with pride among the churches of God because of the perseverance and faith you show during all the persecution and adversity you are facing. You can almost hear it in his voice that he and the other congregations are proud of the endurance the Thessalonians show, but at the same time he does not express that he would think he could do better, so here he shows them support, humility and respect over the lineages that they undergo and when we do such as paulus does here, then we rejoice Jehovah and have a healthy and good kind of pride.