“Is low self-esteem better than pride?”
Pride is very, very bad. God hates it, and has documented his hatred of it repeatedly. It
leads to destruction; in fact, it was one of the sins for which
God judged the city of Sodom. James says
God opposes the proud, and the prophet Isaiah reminds us that “the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty ... it shall be brought low.”
So pride is definitely something to avoid. The question is whether low self-esteem is really a whole lot better.
