Proverbs 16:18
Pride [is] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
In Context
17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
19Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Cross References
Judges 11:28However the king of the sons of Ammon did not hearken to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
Esther 6:6So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?
Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, then comes shame, but with the lowly is wisdom.
Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor [is] humility.
Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 37:38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:18
17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. Note, 1. It is the way of the upright to avoid sin, and every thing that looks like it and leads towards it; and this is a highway marked out by authority, tracked by many that have gone before us, and in which we meet with many that keep company with us; it is easy to find and safe to be travelled in, like a highway, Isa. xxxv. 8 . To depart from evil is understanding. 2. It is the care of the upright to preserve… Read the whole commentary →