Proverbs 16:18
Pryde goeth before destruction, and an hygh mynde before the fall.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
In Context
19Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly, the to deuide the spoyles with the proude.
Cross References
Judges 11:28Howbeit, the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not vnto the wordes of Iephthah, which he sent him.
Proverbs 11:2Where pryde is, there is shame also and confusion: but wheras is lowlinesse, there is wisdome.
Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of a man is proude: and before honour goeth humilitie.
Isaiah 2:11The high lookes of man shalbe brought lowe, and the hautinesse of men shalbe bowed downe: and the Lorde alone shalbe exalted in that day.
Isaiah 37:38Afterwarde it chaunced as he prayed in the temple of Nesroch his God, that Adramalech and Sarazer his owne sonnes slue hym with the sworde, and fled into the lande of Armenia: and Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steede.
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 →