Reply To: A man’s pride will humiliate him (משלי)

Gaiva brings one to worship a’z. He believes that Hashemi is not being mashgiach on us because of His
greatness, so he pushes Him out from earth to the heavens by being dochek raglei hashchina. He ends up worshipping the servants as by dor enosh. He believies the master is not around, so it says al ponai, I am everywhere. The Rabbenu Abarbanel explains, lo siso, don’t elevate Hashem falsely.