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Obadiah 1:3

³ “The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of the rock, In the loftiness of your dwelling place, Who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to earth?’

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Narcissists / Those With Insolent Pride / Scoffers focus are naturally deceptive as to who they really are, what is really in their heart, and the nature of their real intentions.  But one of the people they deceive the most is themselves.

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1. His pride causes him to think to himself – “I’m “fine”, there’s nothing wrong with me”
2. He deludes himself into thinking that God won’t ever judge or humble him – “I am special, and therefore God will make an exception for the “mistakes” that I make”
3. If he does encounter the truth that tells him something is wrong, he actively fights against that truth, and ultimately ignores and forgets it so that he can maintain his inner image of perfection.

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James 1:22-26

²² But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. ²³ For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; ²⁴ for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. …….   ²⁶ If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

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