EXOD95 … one who has the trait of pride must exert himself and rid himself of it, for it is a bad defect. Its potential harm is great and ever-present, and its potential benefit very slight. Therefore, one must remove himself very far from it. For pride brings one to destruction, as it is written (Mishlei 16:18): "Pride goes before destruction," and it also brings him to lowliness, as it is written (ibid. 29:23): "A man's pride will lower him." We are all well aware of what happened to Pharaoh because he said [this verse]: "Who is Hashem that I should listen to His voice?" And to Golias the Philistine, who said (I Shemuel 17:10): "I have reviled the armies of Israel," to Sancherev, who said (Yeshayahu 36:20) "Who, among the gods of all these lands, rescued their lands from my hand?" And to Nevuchadnetzar, who said (Daniel 3:15): And who is the god that shall deliver you out of my hands?" -- and all of the others who spoke the same way and whose end was shame and disgrace. One who possesses this trait is not rescued from sin and transgression, as Shelomo wrote (Mishlei 21:24): "The proud scorner is called a mocker; he acts in the fury of malice."