PRIDE AND POWER FALL WHEN THE PERSON FALLS.

By Ustaz Mark Bang
Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations. Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18) is a foundational principle indicating that excessive arrogance, overconfidence, and abuse of power lead to inevitable ruin. This theme, often described as a “law of nature,” highlights that self-exaltation often leads to social, personal, or spiritual failure. When talk about law of nature you need picture this and keep with you always. In ancient State of Israel, when King Saul missed power it led to his downfall, for power mean to be aligned with services not self exaltation. Overconfident ( or ” I-disease) blinds individuals to their own limitations and the needs of others, leading to destructive relationship and action.
In households, it’s not always to take the decision made by the husband and put ignorance to a wife decision, if it works use that of a woman for all equal and deserve honour or consideration. Husband and wife can’t both agree to live in the same mansion if they don’t listen to one another, bringing this to a nation set up like South Sudan, all people have right to live, participate and exercise their duties as citizens of their beloved nation. People need to know there is time for everything, you lead and be led, to teach and be taught, freed or convicted, given or taken off your hands. To sit or stand, close or open, pick, throw, and name them. The antidote is humility, as true strength is found in service and acknowledging limitations.
“Pride comes before a fall” compresses a moral and psychological observation: excessive self-regard—or acting as if one is invulnerable—creates conditions that make failure, humiliation, or loss more likely. Overconfidence bias: Pride inflates estimates of skill, control, and success probability. Overconfident people take bigger risks, neglect contingency planning, and ignore warning signs, increasing the chance of failure.
Reduced feedback sensitivity: Proud individuals discount criticism and corrective information. When errors or risks arise, they are less likely to notice, accept, or act on them, so small problems compound into large ones. Social friction and isolation: Arrogant behavior alienates allies and subordinates. That reduces support, increases opposition, and diminishes access to help or honest advice when trouble begins.
Whether an individual, a group, a religion, or a nation, pride is often the outward expression of the Ego. In human life having a healthy ego is essential. It gives you the ability to support your ideas and beliefs, it helps you to stand strong against your advisories. However when pride grows in the ego and it goes beyond simple supportive pride it usually leads to pompousness, bluster, and aggression. Once in place these attributes can cause a disagreement, a fight, or even a war. So to say “pride comes first” is simply stating that the ego has become arrogant, blown-up, aggressive and unreasonable – being so full of pride can result in making bad judgements, or assumptions based on your ego and not on facts. This can lead to overconfidence and loosing the battle or causing you to “fall” because you have been overtaken by pride. In many Eastern religions you have to loose your ego before you can reach your goal of enlightenment. The process of reincarnation is the act of living your life to overcome the challenges that cause the Ego to thrive. Once you realize that your ego is causing you to make bad decisions or pulling you in the wrong direction you will make better decisions releasing your ego bits at a time. Eventually you are free of your ego and you stand naked and ready to ascend. Pride _goes_ before a fall. If you think you’re better others or so important you don’t need anyone else, you may fall. There is a healthy kind of pride, in which we feel glad we did a good job at something or accomplished something we worked hard for, but there’s a very unhealthy sort too. Some humility is preferable. People don’t like braggarts or those who walk around with their noses in the air. I recall a famous pop singer saying his group was more famous than Jesus, which isn’t likely to be true. We see a toddler learning to walk, and so proud of it that he isn’t watching and trips and falls. That is a very human sort of fall. It’s a psychological truth that the pride of egotism pulls one away from his or her true Self, and then trouble follows. The ego is the servant of the true Self, the center of a personality. When the ego cuts the lifeline between itself and the Center, it tries to order the aspects of the personality around itself. Then you have what is called an ego-centered personality.
Cut off from one’s true Self, the person falls prey to allurements of many kinds and eventually ruins his life. This is often expressed in fairy tales in which one makes a bargain with the devil (usually in disguise). It never ends well. Through pride Adam went forth from paradise, and dust became the serpent’s meat. Through pride Cain killed his brother and became a trembler and a straggler on the earth. And Ham, because he was uplifted and mocked his father, became accursed and a servant of servants to his brothers. Because of his pride Esau lost the birthright of his primogeniture; and Pharaoh, because he was hardened and uplifted, was drowned in the Red Sea, he and his host. And the sons of Eli the priest, because they were lifted up against the people, were deposed from the priesthood of the Holy One. Goliath the Philistine, because of his arrogance against David, was humbled and put to shame, and fell by his pride. And upon Abimelech the son of Gideon, who was lifted up against his brothers and slew them, came the curse of Jotham his brother. Absalom, who was uplifted and seized the kingdom, fell and was humbled before the servants of David; and Adonijah the son of Haggith, who stole the kingdom, neither retained it nor prospered by his pride. As for Ahithophel the counselor of iniquities, his pride was humbled by his own hands; and Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon, who made division among the people, became an evil memory in Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri was overcome by covetousness in the inheritance of Jezreel and received retributions. To the king of Edom, who was lifted up against Ahab, there was not found anyone that should bind or that should loose. And Haman, who was lifted up against Mordecai, received retribution on the gallows, he and his sons. The men of Babylon who accused Daniel had their bones crushed by lions… These all were humbled by their pride, as it was written, “The pride of a man shall humble him, and to him who is humble in spirit honor shall be increased.”
Lastly, pride can be dangerous. It can make you skip steps and loose sight of what you are trying to achieve. Be humble and take your time to listen to good advice and follow steps sequentially, there you not set yourself up for failure. “PUBLIC STAUNCHEST ALLY”. The writer of this article is a Human Right Activist, writer and a professional teacher.
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