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Proverbs 16:18
18Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.
Context of Proverbs 16:18
16How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver! 17The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives. Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. 19Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud. 20Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.
Read all of Proverbs 16Proverbs 16:18 word by word
לִפְנֵי־שֶׁ֥בֶר גָּא֑וֹן וְלִפְנֵ֥י כִ֝שָּׁל֗וֹן גֹּ֣בַהּ רֽוּחַ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 16:18
- Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
- Proverbs 17:19Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.
- Proverbs 18:12Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
- Proverbs 29:23Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.
- Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged.
- Esther 6:6When Haman entered, the king asked him, “What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?”
- Esther 7:10So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai. Then the king’s fury subsided.
- Isaiah 2:11The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled and human pride brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 37:10“Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.’
- Daniel 4:30he said, “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Daniel 5:22“But you, Belshazzar, his son, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this.
- Obadiah 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
- Matthew 26:33Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”
- Romans 11:20Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble.
- 1 Timothy 3:6He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.
Commentaries on Proverbs 16:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Pride goeth before destruction - Here pride is personified: it walks along, and has destruction in its train. And a haughty spirit before a fall - Another personification. A haughty spirit marches on, and ruin comes after. In this verse we find the following Masoretic note in most Hebrew Bibles. הספר חצי chatsi hassepher : "the middle of the book." This verse is the middle verse; and the first clause makes the middle of the words of the book of Proverbs.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18Verse 18 When men defy God's judgments, and think themselves far from them, it is a sign they are at the door. Let us not fear the pride of others, but fear pride in ourselves.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Those who resist God and rely on their own strength (Proverbs 16:5) are acting foolishly and harming themselves. Without God's help, no one has enough resources for life.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-1918-19. (Compare Pr 15:33). Haughtiness and pride imply self-confidence which produces carelessness, and hence a fall--literally, "sliding."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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