Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
In Context
17The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth his way.
19It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.
Cross References
Judges 11:28And the king of the children of Ammon would not hearken to the words of Jephte, which he sent him by the messengers.
Esther 6:6And when he was come in, he said to him: What ought to be done to the man whom the king is desirous to honour? But Aman thinking in his heart, and supposing that the king would honour no other but himself,
Proverbs 11:2Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.
Proverbs 18:12Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.
Isaiah 2:11The lofty eyes of man are humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be made to stoop: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 37:38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the temple of Nesroch his god, that Adramelech and Sarasar his sons slew him with the sword: and they fled into the land of Ararat, and Asarhaddon 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 →