Overcome pride with humility. Luke 18:11, 13-14 (NIV) 11 The Pharisee prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people .. —even like this tax collector. 13 “But the tax collector .. said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ 14 “I tell you that this man [tax collector], rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.