Proverbs 16:18
Pride [goeth] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Darby Translation
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 that taketh heed to his way keepeth his soul.
19Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the meek, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Cross References
Judges 11:28But the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthah that he had sent him.
Esther 6:6So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done with the man whom the king delights to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to me?
Proverbs 11:2[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.
Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; and before honour [goeth] humility.
Isaiah 2:11The lofty eyes of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah 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 Esarhaddon 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 →