Pride

Connections List
 * 7 deady sins
 * Boasting
 * List of sins
 * Removal of self
 * God choose unlikely ppl

Considered one of the primary descriptions of sin

In common speech may refer to a good thing or bad thing. The verb is "boast" - see page

Pride comes before a fall
 * Proverbs 16:18 pride comes before a fall
 * Jeremiah 51:38-39 tactic God uses against Babylon
 * Long cycle hegemon theory/rise and fall of nations/boom bust cycles
 * Puritan minister Cotton Mather "Religion begat prosperity, and the daughter hath consumed the mother." (we've abandoned religion), alt: "y and", "devoured". James Kennedy "What if Jesus had never been born?" pg241 https://books.google.com/books?id=J6OI3VmYYOkC&pg=PA241&lpg=PA241&dq=%22the+daughter+hath+consumed+the+mother%22&source=bl&ots=LSuiwAZIxR&sig=EgGqqp5riF3r0tsrsPUPPNFlRkQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZ1IS8ifbNAhVEQSYKHQIwAVoQ6AEIJDAB#v=onepage&q=%22the%20daughter%20hath%20consumed%20the%20mother%22&f=false