Pride
Pride is a manifestation of the sin nature, which is full of self and in conflict with God (Proverbs 16:5).
A few examples of pride are arrogance, haughtiness, grandeur, pompousness, loftiness, boastfulness, jealousy, and self-righteousness…
Satan’s modus operandi of pride resulted in his fall; thinking independently of God is imposing our will over God’s will, and resulted in ours.
Notice Satan’s five “I will” statements in Isaiah 14:13,14 (see also Ezekiel 28:17). Man’s nature is the same; man wants his way. Even in infancy, the sin nature is manifest by crying to get one’s way.
We will struggle all the days of our lives with our nature—with ourselves as our own worst enemy. We all turn to our way, away from God (Isaiah 53:6). Our way seems okay, but our way is away from God continually, without Christ.
For the unsaved, destruction is at the end of the road. Swallow your pride, believe in Christ (John 3:36; Acts 16:31).