Six Things Our Lord Hates

There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him:

Haughty eyes
A lying tongue
Hands that shed innocent blood
A heart that devises wicked schemes
Feet that are quick to rush into evil
A false witness who pours out lies
A man who stirs up dissension among brothers – Psalm 6:16-19

Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud. – Proverbs 16:18-19

God has many scriptures in his word to warn us about the things He dislikes. Most of them are pretty straight-forward. We are called to live holy lives by following in the footsteps of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Having haughty eyes means being disdainfully prideful. One of the things the Lords hates is the proud. There is good pride and bad pride. Good pride is being happy about doing a good job on an assigned task. Bad pride is feeling self-sufficient and self-righteousness; having no need for a Savior.

Pride is a high-speed train that leads to destruction. When we are prideful in a negative way, we are engaging in an emotion that is the direct opposite of humility. When we think of ourselves more highly than others, we tend to cross the line in an effort to keep up the image of ourselves that we are desperate to maintain. Lying becomes very easy when we are prideful. We are quick to lie and shed innocent blood to keep the image we are proud of. We easily start to devise all sorts of plans that are wicked in the sight of the Lord - whatever it takes to maintain the status quo. Our heart becomes the wellspring of evil rather than the wellspring of life. Evil thoughts allow us to lose self-control over our actions. We start rumors and spread them in the church, amongst families and friends – all in an effort to satisfy our evil agendas. The Bible is clear that pride will almost always end in disgrace but humility always brings wisdom (Proverbs 11:2).