Pride goes before
destruction
Pride went before the fall
Before the fall of angels
And Eden’s guarded walls
It went before the kings of
old
Like Pharaoh and
Nebuchadnezzar
I AM said “Let my people go”
Pharaoh answered “Never!”
It went before the Pharisees
Who slew the Son of Man
He came in humble mercy
They nailed Him through the
hands
Pride goes before
destruction
And the evil that it brings
Pride throws us in a pigsty
And declares that we’re the
“king”
Pride says “Live it up”
And then we go in debt
Jesus says “Give it up”
And we live with no regret
We become Egyptian kings
We hoard till there’s no
room
Foolishly we crave and grab
To fill a lifeless tomb
Pride goes before
destruction
It leads us by the hand
It owns us all like cattle
And we bear the devil’s
brand
Our lord and savior “me”
Our god and king “ourselves”
The only kingdom that we
rule
Is emptiness of hell
In hot pursuit of value
That we don’t even have
We think that voicing
lordship
Will build us golden calves
Pride goes before
destruction
And then it follows later
It covers up its failures
Like a shifty debater
Pride makes us all ashamed
To be just who we are
God made us in His image
Pride says we’re under par
Pride hints that we deserve
To meet some greater standard
Pride says since we don’t
Our bodies can be bantered
Pride goes before
destruction
And others do not wait
To pass the greatest
judgment
Woven through with hate
Pride takes our inner
standard
And measures those we see
As if we are lord and king
Of what is Right to Be
Pride destroys ourselves
And then it turns on others
Pride makes us all be
elevated
Trade your staircase for
your brother
Pride goes before
destruction
Before “ego,” before
“esteem”
Pride goes before the knife
And the bloody scars that
stream
Pride in who we want to be
Pride in who we’re not
Illogically it makes much
sense
Like most of Satan’s plots
Cut your body, cut your soul
Pride only hates you more
Pride never rewards you for
your service
It even cast Satan away from
the Lord
Pride goes before
destruction
Pride is a monster of all
sins
Pride makes you feel so
special
As it kills you on a whim
Pride is a great disease
It just cannot be cured
Fight against it all you can
For when it rains it pours
Pride says “stand up
straight”
So kneel in prayer as you
deplete
It’s better to live on your
knees
Then to die standing on your
feet
*applause*
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