In the PRIDE of your heart you say, “I am a god;
I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas.”
But you are a mere mortal and not a god,
though you think you are as wise as a god.
–Ezekiel 28:2 (NIV)–
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed:
“God, I thank you that I am not like other people—
robbers, evildoers, adulterers—
or even like this tax collector.”
–Luke 18:11 (NIV)–

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John Owen, The Mortification of Sin (Banner of Truth, 2004), ch. 12.
Thomas Goodwin, The Vanity of Thoughts (RHB, 2024).
