Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor [is] humility.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
In Context
11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.
13He who gives answer before he hears, it is folly and shame to him.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:7And now, O LORD my God, thou have made thy servant king instead of David my father. And I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in.
Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, then comes shame, but with the lowly is wisdom.
Proverbs 16:18Pride [is] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Isaiah 6:5Then I said, Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips. For my eyes have seen the King, LORD of hosts.
Ezekiel 28:2Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, Thus says lord LORD: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou have said, I am a god. I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas. Yet thou are man, and not God, though thou did set thy h
Daniel 5:23but have lifted up thyself against LORD of heaven. And they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them. And thou have praised the gods of silve
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:12
11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. Having described the firm and faithful defence of the righteous man ( v. 10 ), Solomon here shows what is the false and deceitful defence of the rich man, that has his portion and treasure in the things of this world, and sets his heart upon them. His wealth is as much his confidence, and he expects as much from it, as a godly man from his God. See, 1. How he supports himself. He makes his wealth his city, where he dwells, where… Read the whole commentary →