Proverbs 18:12
The heart of a man is exalted before it is crushed and humbled before it is glorified.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
In Context
13Whoever responds before he listens, demonstrates himself to be foolish and deserving of confusion.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:7And now, O Lord God, you have caused your servant to reign in place of David, my father. But I am a small child, and I am ignorant of my entrance and departure.
Proverbs 11:2Wherever arrogance may be, there too is insult. But wherever humility is, there too is wisdom.
Proverbs 16:18Arrogance precedes destruction. And the spirit is exalted before a fall.
Isaiah 6:5And I said: “Woe to me! For I have remained silent. For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live in the midst of a people having unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King, the Lord of hosts!”
Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God: Because your heart has been exalted, and you have said, ‘I am God, and I sit in the chair of God, in the heart of the sea,’ though you are a man, and not God, and because you have presented your heart as if it were the heart of God:
Daniel 5:23But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been presented before you. And you, and your nobles, and your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. Likewise, you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, and brass, iron, and wood and stone, who neither see, nor hear, nor feel, yet you have not glorified the God who holds your breath and all your ways in his hand.
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 →