Cleansing The Inner Vessel | Ezra Taft Benson | Conference April 1986 | Book of Mormon | 📘 | Pride

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Prophet and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Ezra Taft Benson, delivers a stirring address of The Book of Mormon and the many blessing that will result if people will read it.
In addition this particular address also includes the segment about Pride.
In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin. We are not speaking of a wholesome view of self-worth, which is best established by a close relationship with God. But we are speaking of pride as the universal sin, as someone has described it.
Mormon writes that “the pride of this nation, or the people of the Nephites, hath proven their destruction.” (Moro. 8:27.) The Lord says in the Doctrine and Covenants, “Beware of pride, lest ye become as the Nephites of old.” (D&C 38:39.)
Essentially, pride is a “my will” rather than “thy will” approach to life. The opposite of pride is humbleness, meekness, submissiveness (see Alma 13:28), or teachableness.
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