Can Pride Be Found in the Midst of Every Strife?

 ^{I have highlighted the verses that I find intriguing in today's reading.  Please follow he Lord's promptings on what you find interesting!}

⁶ Righteousness guards the person of integrity,
    but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

⁷ One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;
    another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

⁸ A person’s riches may ransom their life,
    but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.

⁹ The light of the righteous shines brightly,
    but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

¹⁰ Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.

Pride, the very thing that launched satan out of heaven. We know that pride comes before a fall- but here we learn that pride  is found within the midst of conflict. Can it be that easy, I wonder?  Could pride be found at the middle of all conflicts?  I feel like we are being granted a sliver of evidence in the schemes of the enemy in dividing us.  Pride. Causing separation with in the body.  Pride is defined as “ an excessively high opinion of one’s self or one’s importance.”  Pride centers on self.  What has been done to me, I didn’t’ deserve it, I should be thanked and appreciated, I am important, I am misunderstood. I know more than you. I am better than you, perhaps we feel that we are less than, not enough.

I think sometimes we may have a credible argument, in that, sometimes we are hurt and we didn’t deserve it. I think the secret that Solomon gives us here is to hold our tongue, hold in the stagnant death of rotten fruit, and seek Godly counsel and pray.   Wisdom is found in those that seek counsel in the Body. Wisdom focuses on the Body and on a bigger picture than self. Wisdom slows down the reaction and allows us to respond to situations.

This concept has so intrigued me this week.  I feel that I have to sit up and take notice.  In the midst of strife, can I pinpoint pride?  In Myself, or in others.  Very interesting concept that requires further inspection!  What do you think? Have we discovered a Kingdom jewel in the midst of Solomon’s wisdom?